The flipped classroom, also sometimes called the inverted classroom, is when the teacher instead of lecturing in the physical classroom records the lessons on film, as an audiofile or in other ways and then publish material online where students can access it around the clock.
The learning material can be published for instance on Youtube, in a learning platform (LMS), a classroom-blog or in a shared cloudbased storage service. There are quite a few different types of alternatives for cloudbased storage services, often free to use. Since the learning material is always accessible online the students can study, watch and listen when- and whereever it suites them best, and as many times as they want.
The time that the student, the teacher and other classmates spend together in the physical classroom can be used effectively to work together, solve problems and discuss different solutions.
The flipped classroom is a form of ”blended learning” with a strong emphasis on the use of digital tools. Before lesson the teacher prepares the central content of a briefing-material in the form of, for example, a video, wiki, podcast or text on a blog. Alternatively, the teacher uses a ready-to-use material. Students are then instructed to go through the material as many times as they need to absorb the contents before the next lesson. This means that the lesson can be devoted to deepening, analysis, individual adaptation and feedback. Studies have shown that the method can lead to significant improvements in student performance. The flippeed classroom model has become so widespread that filmed briefings are now available in virtually all school subjects.
See a video explaining the flipped classroom
