Transcript: Link to Module FleXYZ Summary video transcript

View Google Slides for Module FleXYZ Summary

Outcomes (WHAT): In this Putting It All Together summary session, we will

Reflect on the Flexible Course Experience Institute;
Review plans to implement strategies identified during the Institute; and
Identify when, where and how to participate in the Institute community.

Purpose (WHY): When facilitating a flexible class meeting, it is difficult to stay on task and on schedule when there are added layers of complexity like managing technology and paying attention to students in different environments.

Instructions (HOW): To complete this micro-lesson:

Review the material in at least one of the following ways:
1. watch the Module FleXYZ video OR
2. review the Module FleXYZ slides with speaker notes OR
3. review the Module FleXYZ transcript
Complete one or more Summary Activity tasks that are relevant to your plans.
Click the 'Mark as done' button on this Module FleXYZ page when you are ready to move on or to submit your work for the Summary Activity. This helps you keep track of your progress in a flexible course experience.

Watch the video above or review the text under each tab below. Then complete the Summary Activity.

Estimated time: 3-5 minutes for content review + 10-15 minutes for the Summary Activity

Summarizing the Institute
Reviewing your plans
Fostering community
Summary Activity

Summarizing the Institute

Throughout this institute we've investigated different ways to create more flexible course experiences; to support students as they practice flexible learning; and to manage flexibility across time, space, and technology. The table below organizes the Flexible Course Experience Institute in a new way.

	Course Structure	Assessment	Engagement	Content Review
Creating Flexibility
Supporting Students
Managing Flexibility

Let’s use this empty table to assess how you feel at a high level.

Whether you’re working with me in real-time or working on your own time, visit the FleXYZ Collaborative Reflection Google doc. Make a copy and annotate the table to show:

What’s important? Add a star or asterisk (*) in the areas that are your biggest priority.
What’s unclear? Add a question mark (?) in the areas where you are still unclear about what to do.
What’s exciting? Add an exclamation point (!) in the areas where you are excited to try strategies to increase flexibility.

Feel free to share your annotations!

Reviewing your plans

Now that we’ve completed the Institute’s four modules, it’s time to turn to those plans you submitted in the Take Action discussions.

Review your four plans
Prioritize what is most important or what will take the most time
Identify who can help you and reach out to them
Schedule time to practice

Fostering community

As I said at the beginning, we are (still) in this together. Finishing the modules just means that we have reached the starting line. Here are some ways we can continue supporting one another as we implement what we learned:

Join a live open lab session – We’ll conduct several open lab opportunities to answer questions, discuss specific flexible course scenarios, explore strategies in more depth and solicit feedback about our works in progress. I’ll email you all with the dates and times.
Watch the open lab session recordings – Even if you cannot join us in real-time, the open lab sessions will expand on what we’ve done so far.
Communicate on Slack – Using an LMS discussion forum can be clunky for staying connected over time, so we’ve set up a Slack channel for the Flexible Course Experience Institute.
- Explore ideas from a specific #module
- Ask #questions
- Discuss managing #tech-for-flexible, or
- Use the #community-space to encourage your colleagues!
Suggest songs on Spotify – I’ve started a Flexible Course Experience Institute Spotify playlist to inspire you as you work. Each song title reflects a concept we studied during the Institute. Follow the playlist and use Slack to suggest additional tracks!

Summary Activity

Review the plans you created and shared in Modules 1 through 4.
Prioritize the work you need to do to implement each strategy.
- Prioritize by effort required -- Which strategies will take longer to implement? They may need to come first.
- Prioritize by potential impact -- If you can only implement one or two strategies, which will have the greatest impact?
Create an implementation schedule -- Add tasks to your calendar or to-do list.
Find students and ask for feedback!

The Flexible Course Experience Institute and everything in it are Creative Commons works – CC BY Kevin Kelly, EdD.
The Institute was funded by the California State University Chancellor’s Office.