Learning to Teach: Flipped Classrooms and SlideRocket

Learning to Teach: Flipped Classrooms and SlideRocket

A snippet about flipped classrooms from Decoding Learning: The proof, promise and potential of digital education (Luckin et al., 2012)  http://www.nesta.org.uk/areas_of_work/public_services_lab/digital_education/assets/features/decoding_learning_report

Flipped classrooms, or inverted classrooms, use technology to allow learners to view
teacher exposition (Learning from Experts) before the start of a lesson. This allows
more time for other forms of learning to flourish during lessons, such as Learning
through Practising or Learning with Others. To ‘flip’ their classroom, teachers present
learning materials online, perhaps created using screen–casting technology, which
learners use to prepare in advance. This relatively under–researched idea has mainly
been driven by teachers. Proponents argue that learners develop a more open
attitude towards cooperative learning and new teaching methods, but become
more critical of typical classroom learning. as such, a core concern is maintaining
coherence online and face–to–face teaching.
(strayer, J.f. (2012) how learning in an inverted classroom influences cooperation,
innovation and task orientation. ‘learning environments research.’ 15(2), 171-193.)