Why I Gave Up Flipped Instruction A little over a year ago I wrote a post about the flipped classroom, why I loved it, and how I used it. I have to admit, the flip wasn’t the same economic and political entity then that it is now. And in some ways, I think that matters. Here’s the thing. When I recently re-read the post, I didn’t disagree with anything I’d said. Yet my brief love affair with the flip has ended. When I wrote that post, I imagined the flip as a stepping stone to a fully realized inquiry/PBL classroom. What is the flip? The flipped classroom essentially reverses traditional teaching. When I first encountered the flip, it seemed like a viable way to help deal with the large and sometimes burdensome amount of content included in my senior Biology & Chemistry curricula. My flipped experiments I first encountered the flip in a blog post. My students loved the idea of trying something that very few other students were doing. We began to shift What was my role? The flip faded away The flip is gone for good No.
How the Flipped Classroom Is Radically Transforming Learning Editor's Note:Posts about the flipped class on The Daily Riff beginning in January 2011 have generated over 240,000 views to-date - thanks contributors and readers . . . See our other links related to the flipped class below this guest post. Since this post was written, Bergmann and Sams have released their book, Flip your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day. Do check it out. - C.J. Westerberg How the Flipped Classroom was Born by Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams In 2004, we both started teaching at Woodland Park High School in Woodland Park, Colorado. "And how the Flipped Classroom changes the way teachers talk with parents And then one day our world changed. Flipping Increases Student Interaction One of the greatest benefits of flipping is that overall interaction increases: Teacher to student and student to student. Some might ask how we developed a culture of learning. There are a myriad of reasons why a student is not learning well. Are you Ready to Flip?
Flip Your Class With Confidence Guide A new method of instruction is empowering faculty and students to engage in learning in a whole new way - the flipped classroom. In this guide you’ll get advice from instructors who have created a flipped learning environment, read the latest research on why flipping works, and get tips to create your own flipped classroom. Just Flip It: From the Front Lines of the Flipped Classroom Learn about one professor's journey from a traditional classroom to deploying a flipped learning environment in this ebook. The Up Side of Upside Down: How Flipped Classrooms Are on the Rise In this webinar The Center for Digital Education presents their findings of the first flipped classroom survey and reveals the most surprising reasons flipped classrooms might just be the key to the future of academia. Solving the STEM Shortage with Flipped Instruction and Dual Enrollment
The Flipped Classroom Model: A Full Picture Due to Khan Academy’s popularity, the idea of the flipped classroom has gained press and credibility within education circles. Briefly, the Flipped Classroom as described by Jonathan Martin is: Flip your instruction so that students watch and listen to your lectures… for homework, and then use your precious class-time for what previously, often, was done in homework: tackling difficult problems, working in groups, researching, collaborating, crafting and creating. Classrooms become laboratories or studios, and yet content delivery is preserved. A compiled resource page of the Flipped Classroom (with videos and links) can be found at The advantage of the flipped classroom is that the content, often the theoretical/lecture-based component of the lesson, becomes more easily accessed and controlled by the learner. It is important, though, not to be seduced by the messenger. The Flipped Classroom Model Experiential Engagement: The Activity Summary
Flip Like an Expert – Best Practices for Successful Flipped Classrooms (Part 2 – Preparing & Engaging Students) Last week, we started this series of articles by exploring published best practices with a focus on creating content. This week we continue learning about best practices for flipped teaching and learning by examining practices specific to student engagement with content. Be up front with your expectations (Demski) Communicate with students up front to help ensure that they are prepared to explore content and know what to expect – this is going to be a different experience for them. In this article, Jon Sowash discusses how he made a video to introduce the idea of the flipped classroom to his students (he got pretty fancy here – don’t feel you need to try and do anything this advanced!) It should also be noted, as Julie Schell advises, that teachers should be careful about “labeling” what they are doing – some students may choose to use this as an excuse (“the teacher did this ‘flipped’ thing and it was different and hard!”) Consider having students construct the flip (ITaP) “Start slow!
Getting Students to Watch and Engage With Flipped Videos with Crystal Kirch’s WSQ Technique At FlipCon14 last week I learned about two good techniques to help encourage/require students to read or watch or otherwise take in and engage with learning content that you assign them in your flipped or blended classroom. Today I share one of these and I will write about the other soon. “WSQ” (pronounced “whisk”) is a pretty simple idea, but like most ideas, the power of how it is used is in the details and application of it. Teachers can choose how to apply and leverage this as it works best in their classes, and evolve it over time to improve on it and adapt it to changing student and course needs. WSQ – Watch, Summarize, Questions I believe that Crystal Kirch is the teacher who coined the concept of WSQ, which is focused on video content (but I don’t see why it can’t be applied to other types of learning content). Watch – The students watch the videos and are required to take notes. Again, you have to consider what sort of requirements to build around this question.
Flipping the Classroom | Center for Teaching | Vanderbilt University “Flipping the classroom” has become something of a buzzword in the last several years, driven in part by high profile publications in The New York Times (Fitzpatrick, 2012); The Chronicle of Higher Education (Berrett, 2012); and Science (Mazur, 2009); In essence, “flipping the classroom” means that students gain first exposure to new material outside of class, usually via reading or lecture videos, and then use class time to do the harder work of assimilating that knowledge, perhaps through problem-solving, discussion, or debates. In terms of Bloom’s revised taxonomy (2001), this means that students are doing the lower levels of cognitive work (gaining knowledge and comprehension) outside of class, and focusing on the higher forms of cognitive work (application, analysis, synthesis, and/or evaluation) in class, where they have the support of their peers and instructor. What is it? | Does it work? | Theoretical basis | Key Elements | Where can I learn more? What is it? Flipped Classroom
Flipping Large Classes: Three Strategies to Engage Students As we continue our ongoing series focused on the flipped classroom in higher education, it’s time to tackle another frequently asked question: “How can I flip a large class?” I like this question because it’s not asking whether you can flip a large class, but rather what’s the best way to do it. Faculty who teach large classes are challenged not only by the sheer number of students but also by the physical space in the classroom. Having 100, 200, or 400+ students in class means teaching in large lecture halls with stadium seating and seats that are bolted to the floor. It’s not exactly the ideal space for collaboration and group discussions, so the types of flipped and active learning strategies you can use are more limited. Often, faculty fall back on the “think, pair, share” format or use clicker questions to encourage student engagement. For large classrooms, you can assign a different colored hat to six different sections in the room. Let’s continue the conversation! Tewksbury, B.
The Flipped Classroom Unplugged: Three Tech-Free Strategies for Engaging Students Throughout this summer article series, we’ve addressed some of the most frequently asked questions about the flipped classroom in higher education. We’ve shared ideas for student motivation, student engagement, time management, student resistance, and large classes. Since this is the final article in the series, I reviewed my notes and the findings from the Faculty Focus reader survey on flipped classroom trends (2015), and there’s one more topic we need to address: creativity. “I don’t know if I’m creative enough to flip my class. In almost every workshop I teach, at least one participant asks me this question. By design, the flipped classroom model challenges you to plan activities and learning experiences where students focus on applying, analyzing, and evaluating course content during class time. For example, lately, I’ve been exploring the idea of flipping moments in our classes without using technology. Thank you for following the series this summer. Now it’s your turn!