Hello Everyone:
There has been a substantive amount of research and scholarly articles written about the so-called flipped classroom. Although many practitioners and scholars have posited the advantages of flipping the classroom, others have lamented the loss of the more traditional classroom paradigm. The benefit of the flipped classroom is that it allows for student-to-student learning, lessening the amount of work for the instructor and encouraging student engagement. Conversely, the flipped classroom can potentially replace learning with entertainment as the focus of the classroom moves from instruction to mere interaction. Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry has written an interesting article, with graphics to match, about the positives and the negatives of the flipped classroom (see link below). I am curious as to your feedback regarding whether you use or do not use flipped classroom techniques as well as your thoughts to the positives and negatives posited in the article.
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Thank you,
Eric
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Hi Eric,
I have been following the flipped classroom movement pretty closely and I even presented recently on this topic. I think that if this is done properly, it is a great idea that opens up class time to project based activities, and group work. It allows teachers more individualized instruction for students who are at different levels, and it uses technology to meet visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning modalities. The benefits of the video lessons are that students can pause and rewind the lectures if needed and parents can view what students are learning in school. I think that wity the amount of technology available to teachers today, this is a great use of it in schools. I look forward to more comments about this topic.
Rick
Hello Rick:
I think you bring up a salient point about how the flipped classroom can empower teachers to use a mix-modality of communication methods to teach our students. Given that many online classrooms contain a diverse population of students, it would be foolish to assume that they all learn the same. By including different learning technologies, we can provide students with different conduits to learning and provide a more holistic learning experience. Have you found that the course level affects the type of technologies you implement in the classroom? For instance, do upper-level or graduate students respond differently to flipped classroom techniques than lower-level course students?
Thanks,
Eric