Flipped Learning

Essential Questions

• What is flipped learning and why might I consider it?

• What is the best use of face-to-face classroom time?

Key Ideas

• The four pillars of FLIP:

Flexible Environment
Learning Culture
Intentional Content
Professional Educator

• There is not one single way to leverage flipped learning.

Activate Your Thinking

As you watch Aaron Sams, one of the Flipped Learning pioneers, explain how Flipped Learning allowed him to continue to evolve his teaching practice, consider the following:

What has your teaching journey looked like?

Where is your teaching practice currently at, how has it evolved, and how do you hope to evolve it?

Definition of Flipped Learning

Flipped Learning 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

Acquire Some Ideas

What is Flipped Learning?

While often defined simplistically as “school work at home and home work at school,” Flipped Learning is an approach that allows teachers to implement a methodology, or various methodologies, in their classrooms.

To counter some of the misconceptions about this term, the governing board and key leaders of the Flipped Learning Network (FLN), all experienced Flipped Educators, have composed a formal definition of “Flipped Learning.” Explicitly defining the term may dispel some of the myths repeatedly promulgated by teachers, the media, and researchers.

These Flipped Learning leaders also distinguish between a Flipped Classroom and Flipped Learning. These terms are not interchangeable. Flipping a class can, but does not necessarily, lead to Flipped Learning. Many teachers may already flip their classes by having students read text outside of class, watch supplemental videos, or solve additional problems, but to engage in Flipped Learning, teachers must incorporate the following four pillars into their practice.

Citation: Flipped Learning Network (FLN). (2014) The Four Pillars of F-L-I-P™

Reflection on video...

Take a look at how one educator ran his math classroom using flipped learning. Using the Making Thinking Visible Routine, Connect - Extend - Challenge consider the following:

What connections do you make to the video?
What new ideas did get that extend your thinking?
What challenges have come up in your mind from the video?

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Extension Video

Think you know what a flipped classroom is? Listen to a different approach on what "The Flipped Classroom is not..."

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