Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Technology brings the classroom back home in role reversal - Andrew Stevenson, Sydney Morning Herald

It's no longer a question of potential; forces set free by technology are beginning to turn the traditional classroom on its head. Emerging under the broad label of ''flipping'' the classroom are a profusion of new learning models that go beyond turning on the laptops and smartboards that are now commonplace in schools. Technology offers the opportunity to break up the traditional lesson structure and to shift learning opportunities in both space and time. In a pure flip, a lesson might be ''taught'' online at home; class time becomes a place for a student to do their ''homework'' - to practice what they have learnt.