Salman Khan: Flipping the classroom

In this video, Salman Khan describes how he started off making videos for his relatives (20:28), and ended up creating an approach to teaching which has been called the Flipped Classroom. What it entails is students watching videos at home, and then coming to class ready to take part in discussion or other activities. The teacher is no longer a lecturer, and is freed up to facilitate activities and help students on an individual basis. While this is not a new idea in principle, the availability of easy-to-use video technology, and the internet as a delivery platform, have made this “blended” approach more feasible.

Find a Khan Academy video or similar to be used in a lesson. Access the group forum topic called 2.8 The Virtual School, and  then share with the group your ideas of how to use this video in a way which is still true to constructivist principles: https://www.khanacademy.org/ 

After reading each others’ ideas, debate: is it possible to do constructivist education using a flipped model?

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