Jesse Guzman

Schools are sharing a significant amount of curricula, resources, and learning materials. There is a growing variety of open content from various organizations and schools, and in many parts of the world, 

It is important to remember that the flipped classroom is not all about pre-recorded lectures, videos, and technology. It’s about learning. A properly designed flipped classroom doesn’t replace a teacher, but gives the instructor and his/her students more flexibility in a restructured learning environment.

The impact of the flipped classroom with more hands-on, student-centered learning and more time for in-class “homework” assignments/projects/experiments, helps elevate student learning to higher learning levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy.

As you explain the concept to perhaps the most important stakeholder, the students, you begin to train your students to accept the new environment. They learn how to use the pre-recorded lectures effectively to learn on their own. You may even want to watch the first pre-recorded lecture in class with your students to coach the students to eliminate distractions and use the pause and rewind button as needed.