Unflipped: Meeting RSI Guidelines with Richer Discussions and Video Critique in Online Classes without Flip

Video discussions are truly a wonderful way to comply with the federal guidelines for Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI), but how do your instructors meet those regulations now that Flip has gone away?  

Taking it a step further, how do instructors interact more deeply with their students with video critique tools and video feedback?

Come hear how the Iowa Community College Consortium is using Harmonize to create richer discussions that often leverage video and screenshare as an alternate means to demonstrating knowledge and go beyond the level of video critique and interaction that was possible even when Flip was free to use.

With discussion forums being a prominent way to comply with the federal guidelines for RSI, we’ll cover common complaints from students about discussion forums and how to address them so that we’re not just focused on compliance, but are instead focused on adding value to the student experience.

Key Takeaways

Attendees will walk away with the inspiration and feeling of what an online discussion can be for both the instructors and students. Attendees will understand how discussion forums comply with the federal RSI standards.

We’d like to break out of the mold that the modern LMSes have put us in where 1 text post and 2 text comments = engagement and RSI compliance.

Intended Audience

Distance Education Leaders, Centers for Teaching and Learning, and Instructors

This webinar is sponsored by Harmonize.

Speaker Bio

 

Kelly Maxwell
Instructional Designer & Lead Faculty Trainer – Iowa Community College Online Consortium

Kelly Maxwell is the Instructional Designer & Lead Faculty Trainer for the Iowa Community College Online Consortium as well as a rockstar instructor. Kelly was once an online college student having earned several of her degrees through online mediums. As such, when Kelly is training, teaching, and designing she does so remembering her own experiences as an online learner. Kelly loves to assist instructors in learning new engaging strategies that not only excite them about teaching but also make their jobs easier. Yet, what she remains most passionate about is the ability to incorporate means of “play” with her students because even difficult discourses, styles, and topics being taught can incorporate a certain amount of fun.

Marcus Popetz
CEO/Founder – Harmonize Learning

Marcus founded Harmonize Learning (AKA 42 Lines) 15 years ago and has worked in education technology for 20 years. Early on, he tried to become a highschool teacher but failed fast with a healthy respect for the day to day lives of instructors, their workloads and the importance of their role to society. He fled back into education technology with the intent to help instructors do their jobs more easily while supporting students and has been there ever since.