Thanks for the feedback and for the link. At some point I would like to witness the flipped classroom in action with your class. I am definitely intrigued and believe this could play a large part in our transition to individualized learning. Cheers, Ivan

I have enjoyed reading your blog post and understand your concerns about elements of the flipped classroom. As you know I have flipped one of my classes and have been documenting the journey – thanks for the mention. I have presently drawn the following conclusions:
The flipped class technique can increase the pace of the class as it asks the teacher to really reflect on what they are teaching and it allows students to better manage their learning time.
The flipped classroom due to the previous mentioned time release allows for higher quality teaching and learning
For it to work successfully it requires a complete cultural shift – brief experiments do not allow the students to develop the skills required to succeed in this format.
It is not suitable for all classes – motivation is a key underlying factor here, as is maturity and sequential knowledge content

For a more formally researched consideration check out the links here – http://www.flipteaching.com/page7/index.php

Neil

Is this really learning? How useful can these skills really be? If someone is good at following this cycle, does that make them good at implementing what they learned (ex. does that make them a good doctor, accountant, dentist, etc?) Yet this is still the standard by which we grade, assess, and promote most students. Just look at the university entry exams for a start (SATs, GMAT, LSAT, GRE…) Do any of them assess for collaboration skills? Communication skills? The ability to synthesize information? How about organizing a complex event or task? Perhaps we just get lucky, but I think the system we work within is well and truly broken. Eventually someone needs to say ‘enough’! If we don’t do something about it then something disruptive will change it for us. Problem is, I don’t really know what that ‘something’ is. Does anyone?

Thanks for your comment Oscar.

I think you may have hit on something with the breadth of applicability of the NETS standards. Other than the two specific “digital” references, its very true that the NETS standards can be applied to almost all project based learning! So, maybe the NETS are the starting point for a set of standards that can be applied all learning, the “technology” used for that learning being digital or otherwise. Nice post!