Module 7 Activity 11 Flipped Classrooms

Unlike the traditional classroom, the flipped classroom provides the opportunity for the creation of personal learning environments where students use their own spaces to learn.  On an everyday basis, students are generally engaged in communication through social networks by using computers, mobile phones or tablets, and learning using the flipped classroom basically harnesses the same skills and hardware. In this way, the students will feel comfortable as they grapple with the learning.  It is the way to go as far as learning is concerned, since it focuses on students learning at their own pace and the teacher spending time with individual students creating effective differentiation.

21st century learning spaces must cater to the needs of the students by providing opportunities for them to socialize while they work, and use critical thinking skills and problem solving to solve tasks.  The learning spaces must be dominated by areas for student collaboration, communication and  innovation to advance knowledge.