Bondoc, Strange

1. Using a Flipped Classroom to Achieve Learning
(Avoid the Flops)
Salvador Bondoc, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA and Valerie Strange, MS, OTR/L
Department of Occupational Therapy, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT
Why Does it Work?
Pre-class:
• Students are accountable
• Students can pace their own
learning, plan ahead
• Priming effect through low level
learning (e.g., know, be aware)
In Class:
• Everyone thinks, listens,
speaks, participates
• Students collaborate to
problem-solve with higher order
thinking
After Class:
• Encourages reflection to
improve communication/delivery
of content
• Students can revisit, review
content at their own pace
To Learn More….
• Berrett, D. (2012). How ‘flipping’ the classroom can improve the traditional lecture.
Education Digest, 78, 1, 36-41.
• Critz, C. & Knight, D. (2013). Using the flipped classroom in graduate nursing education.
Nurse Educator, 38 (5), 201-213.
• Educase (2012). Seven things you should know about flipped classrooms.
• King, A. (1993). From sage on the stage to guide on the side. College Teaching, 41,
1,30-35.
• Moffett, J. (2014). Twelve tips for “flipping” the classroom. Medical Teacher, 1-6.
• Pierce, R. & Fox, J. (2012). Vodcasts and active-learning exercises in a “flipped
classroom” model of a renal pharmacotherapy module. American Journal of
Pharmaceutical Education, 76 (10), 5.
Figure Out
which topics
to Flip; start
small
Locate/
create a
resource for
out-of-class
activity
Incentivize
students to
complete
the work
Process
concepts
and apply
content in-
class
Create TechSmith
Recordings
YouTube, CD/
DVD Recordings,
Tutorials
Use Guide
Questions to
prompt Reflection
at Critical points
Media
Based
Resources
Web Games:
Anatomy Arcade
Mobile Apps:
iMedical Apps
Pocket Brain
Product Review
Exercise related
to Learning
Digital
Based
Resources Collaborative:
Blogs, Wikis,
Google Docs
Self-Directed:
FlashCard App,
Terminology List,
Low-stakes Test
Pre-class
Tasks Case Analysis/
PBL
Debate/Critique
Presentations/
Group work
Cooperative
learning – Jigsaw
Responseware,
Polling
Technology
In-class
Activities
Why Does it Flop?
Students:
• When they perceive that they
“have to teach ourselves”
• Duplication of efforts may be
viewed as busywork
• Incentives become extrinsic
motivators
Faculty:
• Do not provide immediate
feedback to students
• Lack of follow-through from
faculty
• Higher order thinking takes
place outside of class vs. inside
of class (limited opportunity to
role-model)
• Inadequate planning
• Taking on too much at once
What is it?
Flipping the classroom, also known as, inverted teaching is a teaching
approach where traditional delivery of content is conducted outside of the
classroom and assignments that require higher order thinking and doing
are completed in the classroom.
Create FAQs
Supplemental
learning
Assessment of
learning
Provide external
resources for
discovery learning
Sharing of
resources
Post-class
Tasks