UNIT 3: What are the benefits of a flipped classroom?
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Back to UNIT 2: What does a flipped classroom look like in practice?
In this unit, participants will discover the benefits of a flipped classroom.
Objectives
Participants will:
- brainstorm two different benefits of flipped classrooms based on knowledge from UNIT 1 and UNIT 2
- identify two more benefits of flipped classrooms based on a book excerpt on the benefits of flipped classrooms
Benefits of a Flipped Classroom
Based on your knowledge of the characteristics and key elements of a flipped classroom, what do you see as some of the benefits of a flipped classroom? Try to identify at least two benefits of a flipped classroom before reading the article below! Post your thoughts in the Discussion page of the course (UNIT 3: Discussion 1).
Now, read the excerpt from Bergmann and Sams' Flip Your Classroom to identify two more benefits of a flipped classroom.
References and Resources
Bergmann, J., & Sams, A. (2012). Flip your classroom: reach every student in every class every day. Washington: ISTE. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/112060/chapters/Why-You-Should-Flip-Your-Classroom.aspx
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