Five Best Practices for the Flipped Classroom. Ok, I'll be honest. I get very nervous when I hear education reformists and politicians tout how "incredible" the flipped-classroom model, or how it will "solve" many of the problems of education. It doesn't solve anything. It is a great first step in reframing the role of the teacher in the classroom. It fosters the "guide on the side" mentality and role, rather than that of the "sage of the stage. " It helps move a classroom culture towards student construction of knowledge rather than the teacher having to tell the knowledge to students.
It also creates the opportunity for differentiated roles to meet the needs of students through a variety of instructional activities. 1) Need to Know How are you creating a need to know the content that is recorded? 2) Engaging Models One of the best way to create the "need to know" is to use a pedagogical model that demands this. 3) Technology What technology do you have to support the flipped classroom? 4) Reflection 5) Time and Place. Blended Learning: What Research Says - Getting Smart by Tom Vander Ark - blended learning, Kaplan, Online Learning. Kaplan recently released a review of Online and Blended Learning: What the Research Says. Author Marcella Bullmaster-Day, Ed. D. is the Associate Director of the Lander Center for Educational Research at Touro College and is a Kaplan advisor.
It’s well researched and worth a read. I bet Chief Academic Officer and super-smart learning scientist Bror Saxberg made a few helpful hints. The paper suggests that online and/or blended-learning courses usually include some mix of three kinds of instruction: expository instruction (direct presentation of material through lecture, text, visuals, animation);active learning (the individual student researches information, solves problems, takes quizzes, manipulates digital artifacts, engages in drills, simulations, or games); andinteractive learning (students collaborate with other students). Here’s the conclusion: effective online and/or blended learning: In the section on personalization, Marcella notes that: On cognitive engagement, she recommends : Www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf.
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