Flipping the Classroom (Reverse Instruction)

Flipped Classroom Panel Discussion Provides Rich Insights into a Powerful Teaching Technique

June 16, 2013

Thanks to McGraw-Hill for coordinating this great streamed panel discussion about ‘the flip’ On this past Thursday, I had the pleasure and privilege of moderating an online panel discussion with three college professors who have flipped their classrooms. This discussion was arranged by McGraw-Hill and featured Dr. Danae Quirk-Dorr of Minnesota State University, Jeff Anderson [...]

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Flipped Classroom Insights and Tips from a College Biology Teacher

May 29, 2013

Experienced instructor offers her perspective on how the flip is helping her students and how to make it work. Classroom flipping is an education technology strategy which involves students watching pre-recorded lectures and coming to class to complete work. The process encourages collaborative learning, more engagement in the classroom, and a class format which fosters [...]

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My Flipping Failure

May 22, 2013

Popular YouTube chemistry professor shares lessons learned from his initial attempt at flipped instruction.  I run a reasonably successful YouTube channel that contains videos for Higher Level International Baccalaureate Chemistry that are used by thousands of kids each day. The head of science, Brian Kahn, even managed to get some of us time off during [...]

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Salman Khan’s Inspiring One World Schoolhouse

May 19, 2013

The first in a series of articles reviewing this look at how the Khan Academy came to be, and why these ideas can truly change education. I am currently reading Sal Khan’s book The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined and it didn’t take very long to come to feel strongly that this book should be [...]

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Measured Results Demonstrate Enhanced Learning Outcomes in the Flipped Classroom

May 12, 2013

Teacher and Administrator James Szoka shares empirical evidence demonstrating improved learning outcomes in the flipped classroom. Flipped Learning Model Yields Higher Grades in High School Math Course While an administrator at a rural secondary school district in America, with the poverty level at about 65% free and reduced lunch (an indicator of the level of [...]

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Book Review – Best Practices for Teaching with Emerging Technologies

April 28, 2013

Teacher Michelle Pacansky-Brock has written an excellent guide to bringing the teaching paradigm into the current century, in a way that embraces the perspective of students (of all ages) and has been proved effective time and time again. I could hardly envision a better introduction to using emerging technologies in the classroom in a single [...]

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Dozens of Tips & Techniques for Creating High Quality Engaging Screencasts

March 31, 2013

The creation of instructional videos is one of the many technology-enabled capabilities that the 21st century teacher has at their disposal. Instructional videos can be a wonderfully engaging element in teaching. Video content is also usually a fundamental element of the flipped classroom (which regular readers of EmergingEdTech know we’re a big fan of). The [...]

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Have you Flipped your Classroom? How are you Using Class Time?

March 20, 2013

One of the most challenging and most rewarding aspects of ‘the flip’ is how teachers use classroom time. With the growing interest in this technology-enabled teaching technique, more and more teachers are tackling the challenging issue of how to use classroom time once they’ve made more traditional lecture content available outside of the classroom. When [...]

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Gathering Evidence that Flipping the Classroom can Enhance Learning Outcomes

March 10, 2013

Three universities provide empirical evidence supporting the potential for ‘the flip’ to make a measurable difference in engagement and learning. As an advocate of the potential of the flipped classroom, it’s rewarding and encouraging when student and teacher feedback supports the benefits of this approach, and this happens quite often. However, a wealth of measurable [...]

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Flipped Classroom Successes in Higher Education

January 6, 2013

Colleges and University Professors are Improving Learning Outcomes, and Lowering Costs, with Flipped Classroom Techniques. Last year I took my advocacy of the flipped classroom ‘on tour’ with presentations at colleges and conferences across the U.S. I also developed and delivered an online workshop about how to get started with ‘the flip’, which seemed to [...]

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