The Flipped Classroom: Student-Driven Library Research Sessions for Nutrition Education |
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Authors: | Virginia Pannabecker Cristina S Barroso Jessica Lehmann |
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Affiliation: | 1. University Libraries, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USAvirginia.pannabecker@gmail.com;3. Department of Public Health, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA;4. School of Nutrition &5. Health Promotion, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
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Abstract: | This article reports on the use of a flipped classroom technique to teach library research skills to upper-level undergraduate nutrition students. A public university Health Sciences librarian and two Nutrition faculty members collaborated to implement a flipped classroom model utilizing online videos and brief assignments packaged in a course-specific library guide for pre-class preparation. Implementation, materials examples, and an evaluation of the method are included. This method provided pre-class learning and increased in-class, hands-on practice in library research for students in an active learning environment. Students found and applied evidence from scientific research studies to course assignments. |
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Keywords: | flipped classroom active learning nutrition education undergraduates faculty librarian collaboration library research |
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