{"id":1129,"date":"2014-01-02T09:37:28","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T14:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2014-01-02T22:30:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T03:30:24","slug":"flipping-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/flipping-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Flipping the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_1129'] = [\n{id: 1138, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2013\/12\/arrows.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2013\/12\/arrows-150x150.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/flipping-the-classroom\/arrows\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/flipping-the-classroom\/arrows\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<p><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_1129\" data-imgid=\"1138\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2013\/12\/arrows.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1138\" alt=\"arrows\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2013\/12\/arrows-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2013\/12\/arrows-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2013\/12\/arrows-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2013\/12\/arrows.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A hot topic in Higher Ed circles is known as \u201cFlipping the Classroom.\u201d The idea is to take the standard, traditional structure of student work in and out of the classroom and flip them\u2014\u00a0move the lecture out of the classroom and move the \u201chomework\u201d into the classroom. Typically, the lecture is moved out by making a recording of it available to students online.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The idea is for the mostly one-directional transmission of information to happen out of class, so that the in-class time can take maximum advantage of everyone being together.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Of course, this oversimplifies a lot of diverse practices. In reality, a lot of classes\u2014 especially humanities and social science classes at small colleges\u2014 already place the bulk of their \u201cinformation transmission\u201d (in the form of reading) outside of class and use class time for discussion. And \u201chomework\u201d may be an inadequate label for what happens in many flipped classrooms. Often, class time is used for what has been called \u201cactive learning,\u201d which might include small-group problem-solving or project development.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Benefits<\/strong><br \/>\nThe biggest benefit of flipping is that the most valuable time\u2014 the time when everyone in a course is together in one place\u2014 is used to its best advantage. If your class time\u2014 or even just a portion of it\u2014 is used for mostly non-interactive lecturing, why does everyone need to be together?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1131\" style=\"width: 421px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1131\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1131  \" alt=\"group_work\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2013\/12\/group_work.jpg\" width=\"411\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2013\/12\/group_work.jpg 411w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2013\/12\/group_work-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[Image from http:\/\/serc.carleton.edu\/sp\/library\/sac\/]<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Another benefit of moving the lecture outside of class is that students can pause a recording, replay it, take careful notes, then continue it. This can be helpful for all students, but especially for those for whom English is not a first language or for students with learning disabilities.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1141\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1141\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1141\" alt=\"[From http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/mortarboard\/2013\/feb\/19\/]\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2013\/12\/online-student.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2013\/12\/online-student.jpg 460w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2013\/12\/online-student-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[From http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/mortarboard\/2013\/feb\/19\/]<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The biggest challenge with flipping is probably the time and effort required by the instructor\u2014 both to produce the lecture recordings and to develop meaningful in-class activities. And some students react negatively to the flipped design\u2014 either because they prefer to be passive in the classroom or because they feel that their tuition payment entitles them to a \u201clive performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Interested in flipping, but not sure it\u2019s right for you? You don\u2019t have to flip everything. You can try just flipping two or three class sessions or just portions of a class. Your ACS liaison can help you with the recording.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hot topic in Higher Ed circles is known as \u201cFlipping the Classroom.\u201d The idea is to take the standard, traditional structure of student work in and out of the classroom and flip them\u2014\u00a0move the lecture out of the classroom &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/flipping-the-classroom\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9704,786,11451,11446,153],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classroom","category-curricular-innovation","category-instructional-design","category-steve-taylor","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1129"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1182,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129\/revisions\/1182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}