Flipping the classroom is interesting. While
I attended the TESOL convention 2015 in Toronto, a woman, who stayed in a same
accommodation, told me about flipping the classroom and that she attended the
presentations focused on this topic. Although I did not have a chance to listen
to the presentation about flipping the classroom, these two articles reminded
me of having short talk with her. The flipped classroom is a reversal of
traditional teaching where students gain first exposure to new material outside
of class, usually via reading or lecture videos, and then class time is used to
do the harder work of assimilation that knowledge through strategies such as
problem-solving, discussion or debates. In my understanding, this has a kind of
3 steps like working at home, working in class and working after class, and, in
addition, this type of learning allows students to have better comprehension of
the material, interact with instructor and peers more, and develop the critical
thinking skill as a natural part of the learning process. From these two
articles, I learned that the technology with various online tools is the
decisive and indispensable factor to facilitate the flipped classroom. Moreover
I think that this strategy is not only an extension of learning, but also a way
of developing a high quality of lesson so teachers will not be able to overlook
acquiring the new technology to educate students effectively.
Flipped Learning Cycle
※ References:
Flipping Your EL Classroom: A Primer by John Graney
THREE REASONS TO FLIP YOUR CLASSROOM by Helaine Marshall
You are quite right that "flipping a classroom" is based on the use of technology. Technology is changing the way that we do many things including language learning!
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