3. Radical Transformation: Instruction through Classroom Flipping for B.Ed. Trainees - Dr. A. Joycilin Shermila
JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY FOR ELT
Volume 6 - Number 4 (October - December 2016)
ISSN (Online): 2231-4431 - Pages: 8-10
Radical Transformation: Instruction through Classroom Flipping for B.Ed. Trainees
Dr. A. Joycilin Shermila
Associate Professor of English,
Annammal College of Education for Women, Tuticorin, India
Teachers today have transformed from ‘sage on the stage’ to ‘guide on the side’. Technology has helped this transformation immensely. The traditional classroom where a teacher imparting knowledge to a group of students in a class and students doing the assignments at home has now flipped upside down, to students getting lectures at home and doing their homework in the classroom. In the flipped model, students get their lectures at home at their convenience and do the assignments in classroom. They get desired lectures in the form of pre-recorded videos or web material through the internet. It eliminates redundancy and improves efficiency in learning. Classrooms become more active and the teacher turns into a coach, and converts the classroom into a studio where students collate, collaborate and put into practice what they learn online.
* Dr. A.Joycilin Shermila is an Associate Professor of English at Annammal College of Education for Women in Tuticorin, India. She can be contacted at ajshermila@gmail.com