Have You Flipped Your Classroom?
Digipreneurship specialists are dedicated to the blended learning model because we realize the huge amount of confusion and misinformation surrounding school safety and attendance during the Covid crisis. There is no doubt virtual learning is the “go-to” method of education and will likely remain the best viable instructional methodology.
This article was originally published by…TheDailyRiff.com
Thus the purpose of this article is to list out what we believe it is and what we believe online education is, as opposed to what it is not.
The Flipped Classroom is NOT:
- A synonym for online videos. When most people hear about the flipped class all they think about are the videos. It is the interaction and the meaningful learning activities that occur during the face-to-face time that is most important.
- About replacing teachers with videos.
- An online course.
- Students working without structure.
- Students spending the entire class staring at a computer screen.
- Students working in isolation.
The Flipped Classroom IS:
- A means to INCREASE interaction and personalized contact time between students and teachers.
- An environment where students take responsibility for their own learning.
- A classroom where the teacher is not the “sage on the stage”, but the “guide on the side”.
- A blending of direct instruction with constructivist learning.
- A classroom where students who are absent due to illness or extra-curricular activities such as athletics or field-trips, don’t get left behind.
- A class where content is permanently archived for review or remediation.
- A class where all students are engaged in their learning.
- A place where all students can get a personalized education.
In the upcoming virtual learning series, we will discuss more in-depth how to go about flipping the class and the stages involved in doing so successfully.