We are fortunate to have Kristin Daniels present at our "Flipped Academy". We have 35 participants which include teachers from all over the state - Dorchester to Bellevue, staff developers from ESU 9 as well as a Wesleyan University instructor. We even have a grad student that is attending this as opposed to another class!!
Kristin shared the Pillars of Flipped Learning
- Flexible Environment
- Learning Culture
- Intentional Content
- Professional Educator
As I look at the flipped model - one thing that struck me is how it can align with what we are currently doing with the Marzano instructional model. One of the issues teachers seem to encounter when they flip is pushback from having students access the information outside of class rather than directly from the teacher. "So, instead of teaching, my kid just watches a video" - might be a comment.
I think to address this - we must design our instruction based on a sound framework. The MRL model addresses content through the following design questions:
What will I do to help students interact with new knowledge?
What will I do to help students practice and deepen their knowledge?
What will I do to help students generate and test hypothesis?
In a flipped class, the students are interacting with new knowledge on their own rather than with the teacher - most likely with a video. We still need to use sound principles - such as previewing content, accessing prior knowledge, and chunking information. So my recommendation is to still utilize sound design when introducing new content; even if it is through a video rather than a face to face experience.
This is just "flipped 101", so I have much more to learn!
The following links to a google site Kristin provided for flipped learning:
The flipped learning network is at http://flippedclassroom.org
There is also a flipped twitter chat on Monday nights at 7:00 using the hashtag #flipclass
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