FLIPPED CLASSROOM
Origin and Concept of the Flipped Classroom
In 2007, two chemistry teachers Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams, posted their own courseware and video lessons on-line for absent students who appreciated the opportunity to see what they had missed, and the first prototype of the flipped classroom had arrived [2].
Experts and scholars have explained the concept of the flipped classroom from multiple viewpoints. Bill Tucker thinks that it overturns traditional instructional methods, imparts knowledge outside the classroom through the network and leads to discussions about homework inside classrooms [2]. Strayer holds that the flipped classroom is an innovative classroom structure that moves lectures outside the classroom via technology, and moves homework and practice with concepts inside the classroom via learning activities [3].