deb lewis: the flipped classroom

The flipped classroom

Frees up teachers’ time and energy to provide more direct personal interaction with students in a more meaningful way

Help students to learn “how to learn” and then allows them to apply

Objective

What used to be done a group in the classroom (teaching factual material) is done individually by the student in their own time

What used to be done at home (practising examples, thinking about the material) is done in a group learning environment with guidance from the teacher both at group and individual level.

How does it work?

An online course An excuse to get rid of teachers Students working in isolation Students spending all their time at a

computer

What it is not!

Quality learning materials Available whenever and wherever students

wish to access them Multiple ways for students to access

material to suit their style of learning IT literacy

Essentials

Discussions are student led using material they have followed

Students broaden the learning by bringing in additional material they have discovered

Students learn collaboratively from one another

Students challenge one another’s knowledge

Differentiation

What should it look like?

Problem solving Inquiry based activities Case studies Discussions Collaborative projects Independent problem solving

What do you do in class?

Make sure students understand the learning outcomes◦ What is the destination of their journey?◦ How will they know they have got there?

Put the learning into context Help students to make connections between

this learning and other material Deal with students as individuals and guide

their learning

So what do you do?

Increases effective personalised interaction between teacher and student

Students take responsibility for their own learning

Students actively engage in their own learning

Learning is personalised Focuses on learning not teaching

Potential outcome