Flipping learning

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Flipped learning is a strategy where educators share learning resources and content with learners before thy attend class. This allows learners to engage with the content, adults to support them if required and means a more equal starting point in the classroom.

Below are some examples of how educators might flip learning.

Educators might create video, slides or audio explaining or modelling ideas or skills that will be taught in class. These can be shared using platforms such as Classroom, Teams or glow blogs.

Educators should consider the effectiveness of their messaging when creating content to share present ideas and information to learners. Dual coding is a concept of reducing cognitive load for learners and supports retention and retrieval of ideas and information.

Educators can use features such as posts or assignments to share resources and information with learners. Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams are available in glow.

An advantage of using digital to implement flipped learning is that learners can create content at home, such as posters, videos or texts, and then access these in the classroom. This allows them to arrive at the lesson with some capital and build on these ideas with the educator’s guidance and support.

Learners could create a poster about the ideas to demonstrate their understanding. Adobe Express is available in glow.

Learners could create a presentation about the ideas to demonstrate their understanding. Google Forms and Microsoft PowerPoint are available in glow.

Learners could create a video explaining their understanding of ideas and information. Microsoft Stream is available in glow.