In online or flipped courses, instructors often use online lecture videos. However, in-classroom lectures usually include interactive elements such as clicker questions and class discussions. A goal of this project is to provide an online lecture experience that is analogous to what students would get in a classroom, taking advantage of PER research results and best practices for online learning.
This was an unfunded project to quickly meet an immediate need for online material during the covid-19 pandemic. Six lecturers at four diverse institutions created and shared the lecture videos and interactive elements for the first semester of an introductory calculus-based course. Each lecture consists of several short (5 to 8 minute) video lecture segments interspersed with required multiple-choice "clicker questions" designed to help students understand the lecture content. After submitting each answer, the student sees an explanation of why the answer is correct or incorrect. Use the Lectures menu item above to see sample lectures.
The project is over and the lectures are no longer available for download. If you wish to know more about the project send email to the organizers.