Who’s doing it?
A growing number of higher education individual faculty
have begun using the flipped model in their courses. At Algonquin
College, a video production class has been using this model to
explain the workings of editing software, a procedure that is
notoriously difficult to explain in a standard lecture. Short tutorial
video lectures let students move at their own pace, rewind to
review portions, and skip through sections they already understand,
meaning students come to class able to use the software and
prepared to do creative projects with their peers. A particularly
successful example of a blended and flipped class in accounting
at Penn State accommodates 1,300 students. In-class time is used
for open discussion, a featured guest speaker, or hands-on
problem solving where instructor support is supplemented by
student assistants. At Harvard University, one physics professor
not only employs the flipped model but has also developed a
correlative site, Learning Catalytics, that provides instructors with
free interactive software enabling students to discuss, apply, and
get feedback from what they hear in lecture.