Wikis, Workshops and Writing: Strategies for Flipping a Community Engagement Course

• Main Authors: Robert W. Maloy, Sharon A. Edwards, Allison Evans
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of Educators Online 2014-01-01
• Series: Journal of Educators Online
• Subjects: Flipped classrooms; Wikis; Online Learning; Community Engagement; Service Learning; Student Writing; College Teaching
• Online Access: https://www.thejeo.com/archive/archive/2014_111/maloyedwardsevanspdf

This paper describes utilizing wiki technology, small group workshops, and reflective writing assignments to “flip” a community engagement/service-learning course for college undergraduates who are tutoring culturally and linguistically diverse students in K-12 schools. Flipped classrooms are gaining popularity in the teaching of science, accounting, and other traditionally lecture-based college courses. In this flipped structure, in-class faculty lectures and presentations are replaced by assignments in a wikispace featuring multimodal resources that students hear, view or read and write about weekly. During class, student rotate through a series of three learning workshops facilitated by faculty and student leaders.