THE FLIPPED ECO 211 CLASS -- SPRING 2013

	THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM: Before - first contact with content: Students watch video lectures and read textbook before class During - studying: Class time is used for study, applications, questions, discussions, collaboration, and assessment (with clickers) pre-quiz (on videos and textbook) CA wrap-up quiz After - practice: Students provided with additional Practice Activities after class SG Study guide textbook end-of-chapter problems textbook website review on Bb RA Faculty class time is spent helping students study/learn	BEFORE: Primary Video Sources: Tomlinson UniversalPath videos from Cengage ($25) * khanacademy.org econclassroom.com jodiecongirl other YouTube List of Videos by Chapter/Topic: Tomlinson Videos = primary source most have a 7-10 question quiz, lecture notes pdf, and transcripts	DURING: Class Activities Get and Check the clicker Pre Quiz: "Did you study?" quiz [clicker] Question time: what didn't you understand? (from videos and reading assignments) Class Activity DOING what was covered in the videos and textbook; including drawing the graphs completing the tables doing the calculations applications Wrap-up quiz [clicker] What I need for each day: Clickers / thumb drive Pre-quiz Lecture notes CA Wrap-up quiz Class Activity Sources: yellow pages testbank 3 Tomlinson quizzes SG memes schiller video planet money audio check: Solman Videos Business Week on text website other from McGraw Hill	AFTER: Practice Activities http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/eco211/micassig.htm Required Activities Quiz
	Grading / Points: Unit exams 3 @ 40 = 120 approx 38 % Final exam 1 @ 80 = 80 25 % RA 14 @2 = 28 8 % CA 25 @ 2 = 50 15 % Papers 4 @ 10 = 40 12.5 % Syllabus quiz 1 @ 5 = 5 1.5 % TOTAL: 323 62.7 % exams 22.7% unlim. attempts (Syl. quiz/RA/Papers) 14.4 % class activities/attendance   Should I separate CA into pre-quiz (1 point) and wrap-up quiz (1 point) ? Partial credit on 2 point CA? Add a paper #5?	# of meeting times: Day F-2-F Lincoln's b'day 2 days in week 1 23 CA 3 review 3 exams = 31 total Eve F-2-F 15 (2 activities each, fewer reviews)	Miscellaneous: paper rewrites must be returned within one week of getting them back must allow for class absences (eg. full credit for 3 missed classes) how to incorporate Bb discussion board tell students to "Get-Ahead" in the video lectures Class Vocabulary on syllabus quiz CA Class Activity RA Required Activity PA Practice Activities must use name tents everyday have clicker batteries everyday how to incorporate outcomes / objectives add outcomes assessment? later? what about advanced students -- prepare additional CA exercises? how much algebra? how to handle answers to daily activity worksheets, pre-quiz, wrap-up quiz (?) how to organize material for students outcomes / objectives vocabulary SG and textbook outlines/reviews TOO MUCH? formulas my lecture outlines my video notes mems schiller videos - for F-2-F? daily activity worksheets for online class ??? What if I miss a day? Put pre-quiz on Bb?	Time committment: UNIT 1: 6 weeks, 8 hr. video, 4 chap. UNIT 2: 4weeks, 5 hr. video, 3 chap. UNIT 3: 4 weeks, 5 hr. video, 5 chap. UNIT 4: 2weeks, ?hr. video, 4 chap. [video lengths are approximate]

		Chapter / Activity	Date	Topics	Outcomes (Students should. . .)	Video Lectures: TOPIC [# of videos]	Readings
	1	1a	T 1/15	math quiz syllabus/orientation begin 5Es		na	na Ch. 3: "Efficient Allocation" pp. 58-59 Ch. 3 and 6: "Diminishing Marginal Utility" pp. 49 and 117
	2	1b	R 1/17	5Es algebra and graphs		OPTIONAL: SIMPLE MATH, ALGEBRA, AND GEOMETRY FOR ECONOMICS STUDENTS [7] REVIEW OF GRAPHING CONCEPTS [4]	5Es online reading ch.1, Appendix on Graphing
	3	1c	T 1/22	Intro. to Econ. budget line		WHAT IS ECONOMICS: SCARCITY, THE 5Es, AND MAKING CHOICES [3] BUDGET LINES [2]	ch 1, pp. The Necessity of Choice -- HOW? -- Benefit Cost Analysis   Ch. 1: p. 5, "Marginal Analysis: Benefits and Costs" Ch. 1: pp. 13-14, "Optimal Allocation" (especially Fig 1.3), Ch 1: p. 14, "The Economics of War" (box) Ch. 7: p. 158-159, “Last Word: Don't Cry over Sunk Costs - Sunk costs are irrelevant in decision making” Ch. 5: pp. 108-109, "Society's Optimal Amount of Externality Reduction" Ch. 22: p. 467, "Optimal Immigration"
	4	1d	R 1/24	PPC BCA		PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES [3] MAKING CHOICES: THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING -- BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS [2]	ch1, pp.
	5	2a	T 1/29	Econ. Systems Capitalism and efficiency		SPECIALIZATION AND GAINS FROM TRADE [3] ECONOMIC SYSTEMS [2]	ch. 2
	6	3a	R 1/31	demand		DEMAND [5]	ch 3, pp.
	7	3b	T 2/5	supply		SUPPLY [5]	ch3, pp.
	8	3c	R 2/7	equilibrium applications		PUTTING SUPPLY AND DEMAND TOGETHER [3] MARKETS AND EFFICIENCY [2] Consumer and Producer Surplus in the Linear Demand and Supply Model (econclassroom.com 10:01) Efficiency and Equilibrium in Competitive Markets (econclassroom.com 11:48)	ch. 3 pp
	|	|	T 2/12	NO CLASS	|	|	|
	9	5a	R 2/14	price ceilings price floors negative externalities		GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE IN MARKETS [3] MARKET FAILURE: EXTERNALITIES [8]
	10	5b	T 2/19	positive externalities public goods		MARKET FAILURE: EXTERNALITIES [8 again] MARKET FAILURE: PUBLIC GOODS [2]
	|	|	R 2/21	EXAM	|	|	|
	11	4a	T 2/26	price elasticity of demand		PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND [6]
	12	4b	R 2/28	price elasticity of supply cross elasticity of demand income elasticity of demand		PRICE ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY [2] CROSS ELASTICITY OF DEMAND [1] INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND [1]
	13	6a	T 3/5	utilitiy maximization		CONSUMER BEHAVIOR [2]
	14	7a	R 3/7	accounting and economic profits production function		AN ECONOMIST'S VIEW OF COSTS AND PROFIT [1] PRODUCTION IN THE SHORT RUN [4]
	15	7b	T 3/12	short run cost curves		SHORT RUN COSTS [11]
	16	7c	R 3/14	short run cost curves con't long run costs		SHORT RUN COSTS [11 again] PRODUCTION AND COSTS IN THE LONG RUN [3]
	|	|	T 3/19	REVIEW	|	|	|
	|	|	R 3/21	EXAM 2	|	|	|
	|	|	T 3/26	SPRING BREAK	|	|	|
	|	|	R 3/28	SPRING BREAK	|	|	|
	17	8/9a	T 4/2	market structures pure comp. - short run equilibrium		MARKET STRUCTURE [1] WHAT IS A PERFECTLY COMPETITIVE MARKET? [2] SHORT RUN PROFIT MAXIMIZATION [5] SHORT AND LONG RUN MARKET SUPPLY [2]
	18	8/9b	R 4/4	pure comp - long run equiolibrium pure comp and efficiencly marginal coat pricing		LONG RUN EQUILIBRIUM AND EFFICIENCY [1 = 20 min.]
	19	10/18a	T 4/9	monopoly - short run equilibrium		MONOPOLY [2] PROFIT MAXIMIZATION FOR A MONOPOLY [2]
	20	10/18b	R 4/11	monopoly - long run monoploy - efficiency regulation		THE SOCIAL COST OF MONOPOLY [3] REGULATING NATURAL MONOPOLIES [1]
	21	11a	T 4/16	monopolistic competition		MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION [3]
	22	11b	R 4/18	oligopoly		OLIGOPOLY [5] SUMMARY OF PRODUCT MARKET MODELS [1]
	|	|	T 4/23	REVIEW	|	|	|
	|	|	R 4/25	EXAM 3	|	|	|
	23	12a	T 4/30	demand for resources
	24	13a	R 5/2	wage determination
	25	20/21a	T 5/7	incomes and equality immigration			|
	|	|	R 5/9	REVIEW	|	|	|
	|	|	T 5/14	FINAL	|	|	|
	|	|	R 5/16	FINAL	|	|	|

Calendar [Day F-2-F]

	WEEK	DATES	CA
	1	T 1/15	1a
		R 1/17	1b
	2	T 1/22	1c
		R 1/24	1d
	3	T 1/29	2a
		R1/31	3a
	4	T2/5	3b
		R2/7	3c
	5	T 2/12	No Classes
		R 2/14	5a
	6	T 2/19	5b
		R 2/21	Exam 1
	7	T 2/26	4a
		R 2/28	4b
	8	T 3/5	6a
		R 3/7	7a
	9	T 3/12	7b
		R 3/14	7c
	10	T 3/19	Review
		R 3/21	Exam 2
	SPRING BREAK	T 3/26	--
		R 3/28	--
	11	T 4/2	8/9a
		R 4/4	8/9b
	12	T 4/9	10/18a
		R 4/11	10/18b
	13	T 4/16	11a
		R 4/18	11b
	14	T 4/23	Review
		R 4/25	Exam 3
	15	T 4/30	12a
		R 5/2	13a
	16	T 5/7	20/21a
		R 5/9	Review
	FINAL EXAMS	T 5/14	Final Exam
		R 5/16	Final Exam

Calendar [Eve F-2-F]

	WEEK	DATES	CA
	1	T 1/15	1a
			1b
	2	T 1/22	1c
			1d
	3	T 1/29	2a
			3a
	4	T2/5	3b
			3c
	5 XXX	T 2/12	No Classes
	6	T 2/19	5a
			5b
	7	T 2/26	Exam 1
			4a
	8	T 3/5	4b
			6a
	9	T 3/12	7a
			7b
	10	T 3/19	7c
			Review
	SPRING BREAK	T 3/26	No Classes
	11	T 4/2	Exam 2
			8/9a
	12	T 4/9	8/9b
			10/18a
	13	T 4/16	10/18b
			11a
	14	T 4/23	11b
			Review
	15	T 4/30	Exam 3
			12a
	16	T 5/7	13a
			20/22a
	FINAL EXAMS	T 5/14	Final Exam

Calendar [Online]

	WEEK	DATES (Week of . . .)	CA
	UNIT 1: 6 weeks, 8 hr. video, 4 chap.
	1	M 1/14	1a 1b
	2	M 1/21	1c, 1d
	3	T 1/28	2a, 3a
	4	M 2/4	3b, 3c
	5	M 2/11	5a, 5b
	6	M 2/18	Exam 1 - R 2/21
	UNIT 2: 4weeks, 5 hr. video, 3 chap.
	7	M 2/25	4a, 4b
	8	M 3/4	6a, 7a
	9	M 3/11	7b, 7c
	10	M 3/18	Exam 2 - R 3/21
	SPRING BREAK	M 3/25	--
	UNIT 3: 4 weeks, 5 hr. video, 5 chap.
	11	M 4/1	8/9a, 8/9b
	12	M 4/8	10/18a, 10/18b
	13	M 4/5	11a,11b
	14	M 4/22	Exam 3 - R 4/25
	UNIT 4: 2weeks, ?hr. video, 4 chap.
	15	M 4/29	12a, 13a
	16	M 5/6	20/22a
	FINAL EXAMS	M 5/13	Final Exam - R 5/16

 Workload

	WEEK	DATES (Week of . . .)	CA
	UNIT 1: 6 weeks, 8 hr. video, 4 chap.
	1	M 1/14	1a 1b
	2	M 1/21	1c, 1d
	3	T 1/28	2a, 3a
	4	M 2/4	3b, 3c
	5	M 2/11	5a, 5b
	6	M 2/18	Exam 1 - R 2/21
	UNIT 2: 4weeks, 5 hr. video, 3 chap.
	7	M 2/25	4a, 4b
	8	M 3/4	6a, 7a
	9	M 3/11	7b, 7c
	10	M 3/18	Exam 2 - R 3/21
	SPRING BREAK	M 3/25	--
	UNIT 3: 4 weeks, 5 hr. video, 5 chap.
	11	M 4/1	8/9a, 8/9b
	12	M 4/8	10/18a, 10/18b
	13	M 4/5	11a,11b
	14	M 4/22	Exam 3 - R 4/25
	UNIT 4: 2weeks, ?hr. video, 4 chap.
	15	M 4/29	12a, 13a
	16	M 5/6	20/22a
	FINAL EXAMS	M 5/13	Final Exam - R 5/16

Chapter	Number of Videos	Approximate Hours of Videos
1	14 + 3 trade + 6 Algebra	3
2	2	1/2
3	15	2 1/2
5	12	2
4	10	1 1/2
6	2	1/2
7	19	3
8/9	11	2
10/18	8	1 1/2
11	8	1 1/2
12/13	6	2
20/22	?	?