I agree- I don't think it's a fab; it sounds like an effective method of teaching. I hope it works and I am going to give it the ol' college try! I don't think it's for everyone and that's ok- it doesn't matter how we teach as long as our students are learning and are inspired to continue learning!
I don't know that I would call it fad, but I think it's long term effectiveness will depend on the students taking the initiative to actually do the at-home portion of the work. I can imagine many students may just skip the pre-recorded lectures and thus lose out on a major part of this type of learning.
Flipped learning supports learning in some curricular areas while it is not as effective in other curricular areas. It is part of an ongoing process aimed at increased student engagement and mastery of concepts. As time progresses, this method may become antiquated and replaced by something else that proves more effective with student engagement and mastery of concepts.
I think it's both.
For some courses, the flipped classroom will help students to master the content at a higher level.
For others, it will not have any useful impact and will be scrapped.
The important thing is that we don't make a decision about flipped classrooms based on the courses for which it is not an ideal format.
Christen Embry
I don't think it would be a fad, but I'm also not sure it's the best for all situations. I would like to try flipping the class that I teach, but it would take a concerted effort by the whole organization. After reading this lesson, I think it would be great if my son's high school math classes were of the "flipped" kind. I think it would help him tremendously.
SUSAN,
Thank you for your thoughts. I will say that technology is just like any other teaching tool - it can be overdone and it can be abused by the instructor and/or the student. However, I'm pretty sure that technology is here to stay and something our students expect. If we don't get on board and use it effectively, someone else will be more than happy to use it ineffectively.
Dr. Moody Crews
Good Evening
This is a really good question and one I found intriguing; although all your questions were interesting.
I do not believe the essence of this concept is a fad; but I have some reservation regarding the seriousness with which it is enacted.
Technology has "taken over" most of our lives and it has an intoxicating and addictive quality which seems to distract one from the attainment of a goal and pivots one into the realm of the improbable. I'm not a "fan" of technology because the core of its functionality seems to center on "playing"; albeit one could argue that playing is a form of learning.
I find the technology,at times, to be intrusive and commanding of "center stage" when instruction or the "showing of something" should be the focal point. Teaching is taking a back seat to technology, especially in the online environment where I do most of my work. My biggest concern about the flipped classroom is the emphasis that is given to the technology appears to highly out-weigh the content of the delivery; and if it continues to dominate, unfortunately, I do believe the flipped classroom will go down the same path as Nintendo! thank you
Susan
