How to Make the Most of the Flipped Classroom

By David Raths, Campus Technology

Last semester, the Vanderbilt University (TN) Center for Teaching’s two most popular workshops were “Flipping the Classroom” and “Leading Classroom Discussion.” “A few years ago if I had said flipped classroom to them, most faculty would have given me a blank stare,” said Derek Bruff, director of the center and a senior lecturer in mathematics. “Now they are coming to us wanting more detail. The speed of that change and the pervasiveness of the interest has surprised me.” Indeed, a November 2013 survey from the Center for Digital Education and Sonic Foundry found that half of university faculty members have flipped their classroom or plan to within the next year. Despite that enthusiasm for the model, though, the truth is that many faculty members struggle with making their lecture-free classroom time interactive and engaging.

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