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The flipped classroom is a pedagogical approach in which the learning is student-centred rather than teachercentred, mediated by technology. A flipped classroom allows the transformation of the transmissive lecture into a program of pre-class preparation, in-class tasks and post-class work (Abeysekera & Dawson, 2015).
Typically, in a well-designed flipped classroom, trainees take ownership of their learning and teachers become facilitators. This concept has been around for more than a decade in blended learning (Garrison & Vaughan, 2008). You can flip your entire training course or choose specific sessions. It all depends on the nature of the topic, trainee availability, logistics, etc. Recently, with the increasing affordability of technology (smartphones and tablets), it has become popular in schools, universities, and training organisations.
Advantages of the Flipped Classroom
The main advantage of a learning design incorporating this approach is that trainees will have the flexibility to engage with the information before entering the classroom. Flipped classrooms can also foster individual inquiry, collaborative effort, social interaction, reflection, and independent learning skills (Bergmann & Sams, 2012). It will help trainees who have English as their additional language. From the instructor's perspective, flipped classrooms can provide opportunities to address trainees' misconceptions and to use additional examples in the classroom to clarify concepts. This can increase trainee-instructor interaction and lead to more effective learning.
How does Flipped Classroom work?
Looked at as a pedagogical approach, the flipped classroom can be located in the SOLO Taxonomy or Bloom's Taxonomy (Gilboy et al., 2015). Trainees can engage before the class with the content and begin understanding, remembering, describing, and explaining. During the class, they can engage in activities such as...