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What Is Flipped Learning

Flipped learning is a pedagogical approach where students learn new material outside of class, often through online videos, and use class time to do activities that deepen their understanding through discussion and problem-solving. This approach originated in the 1990s when educators started providing material for students to review before class so class time could focus on higher-level thinking. It grew more popular in the 2000s with the development of learning management systems and videos from Khan Academy, allowing the traditional notion of classroom learning to be inverted.

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What Is Flipped Learning

Flipped learning is a pedagogical approach where students learn new material outside of class, often through online videos, and use class time to do activities that deepen their understanding through discussion and problem-solving. This approach originated in the 1990s when educators started providing material for students to review before class so class time could focus on higher-level thinking. It grew more popular in the 2000s with the development of learning management systems and videos from Khan Academy, allowing the traditional notion of classroom learning to be inverted.

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What is flipped learning?

Flipped learning is a pedagogical approach in which the conventional notion of classroom-based


learning is inverted so that students are introduced to the learning material before class, with
classroom time then being used to deepen understanding through discussion with peers and
problem-solving activities facilitated by teachers.

Where did flipped learning come from?

The phrase ‘flipped learning’ came into general use in the early-mid 2000s when it was
popularised by chemistry teachers Jon Bergman and Aaron Sams (Bergmann and Sams 2012)
and the founder of the Khan Academy, Salman Khan (TED 2011).

In the 1990s, Harvard Professor Eric Mazur developed a model of ‘peer instruction’ in which he
provided material for students to prepare and reflect on before class and then used class time to
encourage deeper cognitive thinking via peer interaction and instructor challenge. He called this
“just in time teaching” (Crouch and Mazur 2001).

This model was later expanded to include technological elements. At the International
Conference on College Teaching and Learning in 2000, a presentation was delivered on ‘The
Classroom Flip: Using Web Course Management Tools to Become a Guide by the Side’ (Baker
2000). It developed the ‘flip’ concept and emphasized the role of Learning Management Systems
in delivering materials to students before class. Significantly, the role of the teacher was
articulated as facilitator and coach or ‘guide on the side’. Subsequent research focused on the
notion of ‘inverting the classroom’ as a means of providing an inclusive learning environment in
which personalized coaching and mentoring was the norm (Lage, Platt and Treglia 2000).

How does flipped learning work?


In traditional learning, students acquire knowledge in a classroom context and are then sent away
to synthesize, analyze and evaluate this after the class. In the flipped classroom, students acquire
knowledge before the class and use classroom time to practice and apply concepts and ideas
through interaction with peers and teachers. After the class, students reflect upon the feedback
they have received and use this to further their learning.
The University of Texas Austin has created a short animation to explain how the flipped
classroom works.
See: https://vimeo.com/70893101

What are the potential benefits of flipped learning?

By providing students with the material to gain a basic level of knowledge and understanding
before class, classroom time can be used to deepen learning and develop higher-level cognitive
skills. One of the core objectives of flipped learning is to move students away from passive
learning and towards active learning where students engage in a collaborative activity, peer
learning, and problem-based learning. Within this context, the role of the teacher shifts towards
that of facilitator and coach by empowering students to take control of their own learning. The
use of technology further enriches the flipped learning process and promotes skills that are
essential for 21st-century learning (e.g. digital literacies).

Flipped classroom

A flipped classroom is an instructional strategy and a type of blended learning that reverses the
traditional learning environment by delivering instructional content, often online, outside of the
classroom. It moves activities, including those that may have traditionally been considered
homework, into the classroom.
Flipped classroom is a “pedagogical approach in which direct instruction moves from the group
learning space to the individual learning space, and the resulting group space is transformed into
a dynamic, interactive learning environment where the educator guides students as they apply
concepts and engage creatively in the subject matter” (The Flipped Learning Network, 2014).
Approach

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