Flipped Learning - Action Research Findings

Nicho las Jac kson kson – Ac tion Researc Researc h Thesi Thesis s for M A E Ed d uc a tion thro ugh Edg ehill Univers University ity

Does the the im plem entation of a ‘flipp ‘flipp ed ’ c lass lassroom and ‘fli ‘flipp pp ed ’ learni learning ng a ffec t enga gem ent, m otivati otivation on a nd the perfor performa ma nc e of stud stud ents on a n A/ S Lev el Co m p uting c ourse ourse a nd , if so, in what wa ys? ys?

A . What is a flip lip pe d c lass lassroom / flipp lipp ed learnin learning g? Flip lip p ed lea rning d efinition: efinition:

a m od el of tea c hing hing in whic whic h a stud stud ent’ s hom ew ork is the trad itional itional lec ture view ed out side of c la ss on a vo d c a st. The n c la ss time is sp en t on inquiryinquiry-b b a sed lea rning ning which wo uld uld inc lude wha t w ould trad itiona itiona lly b e view view ed a s a stude nt’ s hom ew ork a ssignme nt. Overmyer J (2011)

Flipp lipp ed learning learning infog rap hic hic :

Gerstein J (2012)

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B. Re a son ons s for the resea rc h

Students

Negative feedback on enjoying learning on similar courses

Lack of stimulus for deeper/further learning of content on similar courses

Desire to enhance independent learning in students

Flipped Learning

C. Views on flipp ing

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Stud e nts a re em p o we red Class Classroo m b ec om es mo re inc lusi usive a nd mo re a c tive tive

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Stud e nts rec eive m o re help

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Le c tur tu re s a re st st ill ill in in us u se Desi Desire / a b ility to lea rn a nd ma ster co ntent Suita b ility lity fo r a ll sub je c ts

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D. Finding s c onc lusion lusion I believe that a flippe flippe d m od el c an b e succ succ ess essful ful where there there is a spe c trum trum o f typ es of ma terials prod uc ed to suit suit different different typ es of lea lea rners rners. For exam ple , there c ould b e som e vo d c a sts tha t stude stude nts ha ve to wa tc h p rior to c lass lass for c ove ring som e o f the key p oints b ut the se a re then fo llowe d up with exerc exerc ises a llowing lowing stud ents to c hec k their their unde rsta nding, ap ply their knowled g e a nd transfer transfer this to oth er sc sc en a rios. os. Anoth er exam p le tha t I fee l co uld uld ha ve imp rove d flip flip pe d lea rning ning in my res resea ea rc h wo uld uld ha ve b ee n to o ffer d elivery elivery o f the the o ry out o f le le sso ns usi using a virtua virtua l cla ssroo m . Using tha t m e tho d , stude nts w ould ha ve ha d t he c ha nc e to a sk q uesti uestions ons a nd g et help w ith understanding. The flipp flipp ed mo de l should should not be followe followe d rigidly. A m ore flexib flexib le use use of the m od el w he re som e the ory is is d elivered elivered in less lesson s eithe r as a summ a ry to w ork d o ne o ut o f less lesso ns o r int int ro d uc e d in le sso ns, ns, sho sho uld b e use use d . This c o uld b e de pe ndent o n how d iffic ffic ult ult a tea c her pe rc eives eives the c ontent to b e w ith mo re d ifficult a rea s of a syllab yllab us ta ug ht in a m ore trad itiona l style. style. Eve n m ore o f a rad ica l dep artur arture from from the work cha mp ioned b y Bergma Bergma nn and Sam Sam s and Khan, that that I feel rea rea lly lly c ould ha ve imp roved the learning learning e xpe rience for stude nts in my resea resea rch wo uld hav e b ee n to have stude stude nts involved in creating their learning, assessing their learning as they progressed, akin akin to the the o ry of “ p a rtne rs in lea rning rning ” (To sha lis lis a nd Na kkula kkula , 201 2012) 2).. Ho Ho w e ve r, s suc uc h a n a pp roa c h w ould ha ve req req uir uired longe r term d evelop me nt of stude stude nt ski skill lls s, a wa y of wo rking and lea rning ning de sign on a muc h g rand er sc sc ale.

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Nic Nic k Ja Ja c kson kson @largerama http://largerama.creativeblogs.net

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Flipped Learning - Action Research Findings

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