Flipped learning demands a flexible environment. Tying back into the learning culture, if content is available, we have to be OK with students choosing when and where they learn. A flexible environment (both literally and philosophically) will allow students to do just that. Physical spaces in schools need to be adaptive, allowing for group work, independent study, performance, evaluation — the list goes on. Our expectation of student learning timelines also need to be flexible.
Is our hour of class time really ours to dictate with content always available? If a shifting learning culture is the mindset, the flexible environments are the manifestation of the changes.
Check also:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Flipped-Classroom
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-tools-for-teaching-people-and-learners?tag=Flipped-Classroom