Flipped Learning has been a growing trend in teaching for the past decade. The appeals are clear:
- Increase learning outcomes
- Decrease passive learning in class
As Bergmann and Sams put it in 2012, with flipped learning, what is normally a classroom info dump is done outside of the class. What is normally homework is done inside the class.
Traditional Classroom
Flipped Learning
Inconsistent results
Unfortunately our standard view of flipped learning is not as effective as first thought. But that is no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
As Manu Kapur et al. established in a large meta-analysis of 173 studies, the effectiveness of flipped learning varies wildly depending upon the precise method used.
The worst outcomes (those showing no benefit) are when pre-exposure to the content is the only time students are taught – where lessons are mere homework environments. That is, the standard flipped learning model doesn’t work. But variants do.
Consistent, excellent, results
Kapur argues that flipped learning can be extremely effective. Having studied multiple different variants, Kapur and his team identified the method that actually works.
Flipped learning achieves excellent value added when pre-loading is a short video with quiz followed by a traditional lesson which includes a short lecture from the teacher.
Kapur argues, based on his research, that flipped learning is best applied in the following model:
Fail
Allow students to attempt to solve problems, identifying where they are weak
Flip
Pre-class videos with quizzes
Fix
In the following lesson, mix your approach between lectures and interaction
Feed
Offer students ongoing, constructive feedback
How to use Cogito Education in flipped learning
Cogito Education is ideally built for this kind of flipped learning. Our tutorial videos are all accompanied by auto-marked quizzes, which would match perfectly with your lessons. Here’s how that could look:
Want to try flipped learning? With Cogito Education, you never have to worry about setting learning and assessing assignments again. We’ve got you covered.
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