Difference Between Traditional Pedagogy and Flipped Classroom
What do you believe are the main differences between traditional pedagogy and the flipped classroom?
Typically an instructor lectures face to face and will ask the students to complete their homework outside the classroom, whereas in a flipped classroom the lectures are online and the homework is done in class. Creating a different learning approach.
I believe that this flipped classroom format allows for the instructor to reach more students with different learning needs by the very nature of the structure. You are no longer teaching to the masses but teaching to each individual student with progress monitoring and assessment occurring real time in the classroom as students work on homework,projects or other assignments.
Absolutely. If a student can process the information on their own time when they are more apt to be focused, there will be more successful retention unless the student is quite the procrastinator or needs a more structured environment.
I agree. Sometimes if students are spoon fed information, they do not absorb all of it. If the student is more engaged, they may embrace the material more readily and retain that knowledge.
Traditional is teacher/instructor centered and the flipped is more student-centered. The flipped classroom places more accountability on the student to learn.
Helps students have a better understanding of professional expectations as they emerge into the workplace.
I believe if the student learns the material when they are most comfortable, that they will actually absorb more information. So having the information at hand when they are ready to absorb information seems logical. In the lecture situation, the student needs to be at a certain location at a certain time, regardless of their life's situations. So once that lecture is given, it is not so easy for the student to receive the information and may therefore be lost for that student.
so far this pedagogy appears to be adressing the traditional lecture format course. I teach studio courses which are, by tradition, dedicated to in-class work, problem solving and personal discovery by the student with guidance from the instructor. there is a modest amount of lecture, regular demonstration of technique with in-class assignments and exercises, multi-week projects and peer review through critique. I utilize digital resources to supplement and strengthen the content, some of which is required as a component of assignments. I've found that demonstration videos can be helpful for some students with a subject such as drawing but cannot replace in-class demonstration. the video can't anticipate all questions and can't answer any. in-person instruction is critical to the studio classroom.
I like the idea that everything is shorter and that the weight is more on the students than the instructor. Its making the students work on their memory more often than just learning it once.
I think one of the main differences is that in a flipped classroom, the students are getting more practice of the concepts under the guidance of the instructor while they are physically in the classroom and this leads to better understanding of the material and retention.
A big difference I see is that it shifts the focus from reading to listening. Not sure how I feel about that. A large percentage of my students seem to struggle with the words. However, if they do not see the word when it is spoken, they may not make the connection to written words on quizzes and tests.
a flipped classroom is still dependent on the student actually partaking in the out of class requirements or there is a chance for loss of understanding when applied concepts are enacted.
Traditional classrooms have more oversight with less enthusiasm.
The main difference is how the student and instuctors interact with each other. With a flipped classroom the instructor can spend more time with student that have not understood the lecture or have missed key points.
Research of Information Literacy and Blended Learning (BL) is in an early stage with the current body of knowledge consisting of case studies and small action based research projects. BL offers the promise of higher scores on summative assessments and lower requirements for physical space and instructor time if implemented using best practices. Some BL best practices include a significant investment of time and effort in course redesign, and close collaboration between library and faculty instructors during the redesign.
Students have the opportunity to interact with information first then they can discuss it with their instructors and classmates to further understand it. The hands on applications in class are great opportunity to improve student learning.
I actually have been doing this, and had no idea that the concept was already coined, "Flipped Classroom." One reason that I started doing this is at times depending upong the course, I would have very little student participation in my lectures..and of course I already assigned the chapter as a reading assignment for homework. I was sure at times that I was in fact the only one that read the book. I felt like I was doing more work that the students. I assign questions for the studnets to complete in class and then I discuss and lecture on the topic..but now I have learned that I can assign videos for students to watch for homework. I really need to check out TED and Kahn Academy I heard they are great resources.
I believe that students in a flipped classroom must assume more accountability for their learning. That is why I feel a flipped classroom works best when you have a group of students who are willing to take responsibility for their learning, since the "lecture portion" takes place outside of the classroom, and the homework takes place in the classroom.
Giving the students an oppurtunity to spend more interacting with the instructor as oppose to instructor spending most time lecturing allowing for more thoughtful questions based on the lecture proivided outside the classroom
I am not sure this type of program would work for most of the subject matter in MBC program i can sse advantages with things like learning and teaching medicl terminology, students who struggle with medical terms could have an advantage with learning how to pronounce terms by being able to recite and record terms .
