Concept of Flipped Classrooms

        If this is your first time learning about the concept of flipped classrooms, you may be asking yourself, “What are they? And how do they work?” Well, the flipped classroom is a pedagogical model where the traditional lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed, or in this case, “flipped.” In other words, students in a flipped classroom are required to watch short video lectures at home and be prepared to devote class time on exercises, projects and discussions related to the material they are learning. The flipped classroom allows teachers to spend more class time guiding and providing extra help to those students who are still struggling to grasp a particular concept. Students in this type of learning environment are also provided with the opportunity to develop their knowledge of a specific concept through hands-on activities in the classroom. In one common flipped classroom model, students watch five to ten minute lectures and are then provided with online quizzes. The online quizzes are available to help students test what they have learned and understand what aspects of the concept they still need to review.

      

            
       As a teacher using the flipped classroom model, I would prerecord my own video lecture of a particular concept for my students to watch. Since math is not one of my stronger subjects, I would make sure to provide a second video option for students who may not understand my method of teaching mathematics. I would also make sure to check my students’ scores on the provided quizzes to keep track of their progress and make sure they are receiving the guidance necessary to understand a specific concept to the best of their ability. I would also use class time to separate my students into groups so that I can work with the group of students who have questions regarding the lecture they watched the night before.

http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education?language=en#t-9614
https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7081.pdf
http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/flipping-the-classroom/