Cultivating the Educational Technologist. No, this is not what your classroom looks like after the painters put that new coat of beige paint on your walls and have moved all your bookshelves to the middle of the room.
Instead, think—21st century learning, using video and online resources to deliver the concepts and content of your subject to your students prior to class as homework the night before. Yep, employ the multimedia learning modalities that are natural for your students outside of class as part of their homework. Then the next day imagine your students walking into your classroom already having engaged in the big ideas of your discipline and ready to explore topics in class through discussion, small group activities, labs, debate, simulations, multimedia creation…. The Flipped Classroom infographic. From Knewton comes and infographic about The Flipped Classrom.
It’s a good explanation of one theory behind changing the classroom environment. I don’t know how widespread it is, but the results from Detroit look impressive. Many educators are experimenting with the idea of a flipped classroom model. So what is it and why is everyone talking about it? The flipped classroom inverts traditional teaching methods, delivering instruction online outside of class and moving “homework” into the classroom. La classe renversée ou « flipped classroom »