Flipped Classroom Cases
Flipped classroom techniques have been widely applied to subject teaching fields, such as mathematics at the Stone
Bridge Primary School, Minnesota in the United States, calculus at Bristol School, Maryland, also in the United States,
and Chinese at Brown North Primary School. The flipped classroom concept has also been used in Chengdu, China, for
digital engineering lectures [5]. This study reflects on these typical cases and makes some reflections, and attempts to
use a collaborative learning platform to support the idea of flipped classroom instruction.
IMPROVED LEARNING MODEL FROM THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM
The Present Flipped Classroom Learning Model
In the present flipped classroom learning model, learners undertake independent learning by watching instructional
videos before class. By contrast, in class, teachers answer the learners’ questions and guide them towards solving them.
In this way, learners have more opportunity to communicate and argue with each other, and can also improve their
abilities, as shown in Figure 1