A flipped
classroom is an instructional strategy and a type of blended
learning that reverses the traditional learning environment by delivering
instructional content, often online, outside of the classroom. It moves activities, including those that may have
traditionally been considered homework, into the classroom. While not a technology per se, this teaching
model is using technology to change the way instructors teach. Rather than
spending the class time lecturing the students, the lectures are delivered to
the student’s in video format for them to watch at home (or in study hall).
Flipped learning is a
pedagogical approach in
which the conventional notion of classroom-based learning is inverted, so that
students are introduced to the learning material
before class, with classroom time
then being used to deepen understanding through discussion with peers and
problem-solving activities facilitated.
Then, the
classroom time is set aside for 1 on 1 help, discussion, and interaction based
on the lecture homework. With nearly every student carrying a mobile device or
laptop, this model may give students and teachers more time to work on areas of
difficulty rather than simple straight lecture. For too long, instructors have
seen that precious class time go to waste while a teacher scribbles on a
blackboard and has their back to the students.
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