This is the kind of thing where you see a new idea, and you immediately get angry because it's so obvious, such a self-evidently better model, that you wonder why it took this long to come up with it, and why you didn't think of it yourself.
I feel like I'm showing up 15 minutes late with starbucks to this one (considering this apparently started happening in 2008), but I just learned what a flipped classroom is today, and I got so excited by the idea that my brain exploded a little.
If you, like me, are in the dark about what exactly is getting "flipped," you can watch this short intro to the concept:
I feel like I'm showing up 15 minutes late with starbucks to this one (considering this apparently started happening in 2008), but I just learned what a flipped classroom is today, and I got so excited by the idea that my brain exploded a little.
If you, like me, are in the dark about what exactly is getting "flipped," you can watch this short intro to the concept:
To summarize, instead of giving lectures, the teacher records short video lessons that the students can watch at home. The students watch these in place of homework, and then do the exercises that would be "homework" in class instead.
This is brilliant for several reasons: it takes full advantage of multi-media technology to de-centralize instruction; it allows for self-paced learning; it respects students' time; it (at least has the potential to) increase the interpersonal learning and collegial atmosphere of the class.
Why make all the students sit still and listen to a 45-minute lecture every day, when there are so much better uses to make of that time you have with the teacher?
Genius.
I'll be watching with keen interest over the next few years as this develops, but I think it has the potential to become a majorly important instructional model. Check out this guide for more info.
This is brilliant for several reasons: it takes full advantage of multi-media technology to de-centralize instruction; it allows for self-paced learning; it respects students' time; it (at least has the potential to) increase the interpersonal learning and collegial atmosphere of the class.
Why make all the students sit still and listen to a 45-minute lecture every day, when there are so much better uses to make of that time you have with the teacher?
Genius.
I'll be watching with keen interest over the next few years as this develops, but I think it has the potential to become a majorly important instructional model. Check out this guide for more info.