Article written for December 2014 QSITE Magazine - QUICK
QSITE - Queensland Society for Information Technology In Education
What is ‘flipped learning’ about?
This concept is no more apparent than when dealing with the current ‘in vogue’ approach of flipped learning. The essence of flipping is to provide higher quality time and a freedom for students to interact; with each other, the content and their teacher at a deeper, more meaningful level than may currently exist in a traditional setting.
Flipped learning can be a valuable approach that provides more choice to teachers and students in the current context of education and schooling. Teachers may be presented with more possibilities for reaching and connecting with each student, personalising learning and differentiating instruction. But what is it?
“In a flipped learning setting, teachers make lessons available to students to be accessed whenever and wherever it is convenient for the student, at home, in class, during study hall, on the bus to a game, or even from a hospital bed.” (Hamdon, McKnight, McKnight, & Arfstrom, 2013)
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This concept is no more apparent than when dealing with the current ‘in vogue’ approach of flipped learning. The essence of flipping is to provide higher quality time and a freedom for students to interact; with each other, the content and their teacher at a deeper, more meaningful level than may currently exist in a traditional setting.
Flipped learning can be a valuable approach that provides more choice to teachers and students in the current context of education and schooling. Teachers may be presented with more possibilities for reaching and connecting with each student, personalising learning and differentiating instruction. But what is it?
“In a flipped learning setting, teachers make lessons available to students to be accessed whenever and wherever it is convenient for the student, at home, in class, during study hall, on the bus to a game, or even from a hospital bed.” (Hamdon, McKnight, McKnight, & Arfstrom, 2013)
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