Flipped Learning

The practice of flipped learning not only holds the promise of making teaching more effective and more fun but also leads naturally to avenues of productivity in scholarship and service, according to Robert Talbert in this book. The traditional higher education teaching model presents information in the form of lectures to large groups of students who then go away and undertake by themselves higher-order learning activities involving application, analysis and evaluation. In the flipped model, the students study the information by themselves, and then in group class time they undertake the more cognitively complex learning activities for which access to the teacher’s expertise is much more necessary.The theory of flipped learning appears to be quite sound, but many actual flipped learning experiences turn out to be failures. The reasons why a flipped learning experience might be unsuccessful include:• Failing to provide adequate online learning resources: video versions of last year’s class lectures are not generally adequate.• Failing to track students’ online progress: if students are not completing the online learning, urgent corrective action is required.• Failing to prepare and deliver appropriately targeted class activities: group time which is too challenging or not challenging enough can lead to disengagement.• Failing to deal with student expectations: in flipped learning the teacher becomes the learning coach, rather than the primary content deliverer.• Failing to provide students with adequate learning support: the teacher as learning coach needs to be available at the points of greatest need.I found some parts of the book fairly heavy going, but in my view the book provides a detailed and balanced overview of the practice of flipped learning as it applies to higher education contexts. Whereas most other resources on flipped learning simply extol the benefits of the practice or provide instructions on how to do it, this book gives detailed guidance on the types of obstacles which you will need to overcome in order to succeed. As such, I strongly recommend the book to anyone considering implementing flipped learning in a higher education context.

When updating my flipped classroom, I bought a number of books (ironic, I know). This was by far the most useful as it did a fantastic job of explaining flipped learning and the theory behind it and then walking me through how to design an effective flipped classroom. When other faculty ask me for a resource, I tell them to buy just this one book; it's all they will need. Highly recommend.

The premier book on Flipped learning with theory paired with practical examples. I highly recommend this book!

Excellent book the pos- secondary teacher. Not as useful for K-12, but so what? Very detailed and full of eminently useful information.

Great book and great service!!

A lot of edu-speak and not much substance--the concepts presented here are nothing new, just repackaged from the past few rounds of trends in education. Will you know anything more after reading this book? Quite unlikely.

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