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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all courses at Iowa State University shifted online in March 2020. This chapter recounts the author’s successful transformation of two courses from flipped/blended format to fully online format and gives suggestions for effective online teaching in the future. The chapter examines (1) the original flipped/blended courses, giving a background for the transition and the online design; (2) the transition and integration process, outlining the approaches, activities, and/or technologies that were less effective and how those issues were addressed; (3) student feedback, collected through Zoom interviews with each student in the classes, regarding their overall impression of course components; and (4) effective strategies suggested for course design of future fully online courses, based on the author’s experience and students’ feedback.
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The Resource link (This link should directly go to the resource you used for learning.) | |
The resource title | |
The creator/author and their credentials | |
What you learned? Reviewed? You can list the sentences you learned, the structures you learned/reviewed or got clarified, new vocabulary , new ways of saying things you know, mistakes you need to avoid, etc. | |
Your comments on this resource, such as whether it fits your Chinese level, whether their presentation is clear, interesting, what you would suggest they do, etc. | |
What specific aspect(s) of the Chinese language learning did you want to improve before you find this resource? Briefly explain the process of locating this resource. | |
What is your plan for the future regarding utilizing these resources you have found? |
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Zhang, S. (2022). From Flipped/Blended to Fully Online: Lessons Learned and Strategies for the Future. In: Liu, S. (eds) Teaching the Chinese Language Remotely. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87055-3_12
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