A Menu for Flipping
Developed by Ms. Crystal Luo, Ms. Margaret Kwan, Ms. Sharon Keung, Dr. Leon Lei
Technology Enriched Learning Initiative, University of Hong Kong
Looking to implement a flipped classroom approach into your classroom?
Teachers often find students lack motivation and engagement, and would like to provide more facilitation for students to explore deeper concepts. Literature has shown that using the flipped learning approach helps promote active learning, arouse interests as well as develop higher-order cognitive skills. This Menu for Flipping is a step-by-step guide leading you to flip your course.
Step 1
Revisit the learning design concepts
Before implementing a flipped classroom approach into your classroom, it is important for you to revisit the learning design concepts. The following frameworks will guide you in designing the pre-class, in-class and post-class activities/assessment and aligning them with the intended learning outcomes in your proposed flipped course.
Learning objectives from
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Pre-class
- Understanding
- Remembering
In-class
- Applying
- Conceptualizing
- Analyzing
- Experiencing
- Creating
- Evaluating
Post-class / Assessment
- Applying
- Conceptualizing
- Analyzing
- Experiencing
- Creating
- Evaluating
Seven Principles of Effective Teaching
(Student’s role)
Pre-class
- Individualized/ self-paced learning;
- Making good use of time
In-class
- Active learning
- Collaboration with other students
- Interacting with teaching staff
- Making good use of time
Post-class / Assessment
- Active learning
- Collaboration with other students
- Interacting with teaching staff
- Making good use of time
Seven Principles of Effective Teaching
(Teacher’s role)
Pre-class
- Emphasizing time on task
In-class
- Giving prompt feedback
- Communicating high expectations
- Respecting diverse talents and ways of learning
Post-class / Assessment
- Giving prompt feedback
- Respecting diverse talents and ways of learning
Step 2
Review the logistic practices
What are the necessary steps that need to be taken into consideration when you flip a course? Take a look at the logistics practices from pre-class to post-class in below and select the practices that best suit your needs!
Pre-class
- Providing clear course outline including clear learning objectives, schedule, rubric/criteria of learning tasks
- Reminding students of the requirements and deadline via email, LMS or face-to-face
In-class
- Providing clear course outline including clear learning objectives, schedule, rubric/criteria of learning tasks
- Reminding students of the requirements and deadline via email, LMS or face-to-face
- Explaining requirements and deadline of upcoming learning tasks
Post-class / Assessment
- Providing office hour for comments and feedback
- Replying email promptly
- Adopting auto-grade function in LMS for instant feedback
Step 3
Choose your flipping styles & pedagogical approaches
Having a fully flipped course can be seen as a daunting task to teachers who are new to flipped learning. An alternative would be having the course partially flipped to get teachers be familiarized with this learning approach. But for those who are a seasoned ‘flipper’, you can go for a fully flipped approach with the adoption of any of the suggested pedagogies that are suitable in your subject area.
Flipping Styles
Pedagogies
Step 4
Pick some activities
Frustrated with students’ lack of engagement? Running out of ideas for activities? Here is a list of suggested activities, shared by teachers and course designers at HKU who have implemented flipped learning in their courses. Based on your preferred flipping styles and pedagogical approaches, pick some activities that you find suitable for your course!
Pre-class
activities
Individual
- Video watching (instructor’s videos, tutorial instructions, documentary, or other videos)
- Graded or ungraded knowledge check questions (e.g. MCQ, short answers)
- Video commenting
- Compulsory or recommended reading/listening (e.g. textbooks, websites, journal, news articles)
- Case studies
- Comparative analysis
Individual / Group
- Open-ended questions (e.g. video/reading reflection, summary/reflective writing)
Group
- Group discussion (e.g. LMS, WhatsApp, Messenger)
In-class
activities
Individual
- Supplementary video watching or reading
- Evaluating teachers’ comments and feedback on students’ responses or reflection
- Individual presentation
- Participating in guest talks
- Lab design sessions
- Programming sessions
- Online voting
Individual / Group
- Individual or group quizzes
- Interactive presentation and questions (e.g. students sharing opinions via Mentimeter)
- Simulation
- Online or offline hands-on exercises (e.g. programming or math exercise, skills practice)
- Case study
- Drafting of learning tasks or assessments
- Post-it note
- Make a meme
Group
- Small group discussion or debate
- Group brainstorming (e.g. for exploring concepts)
- Peer review, evaluation or comment
- Competition (e.g. gaming)
- Group presentation
- Role play
- Group statement
- “Jigsaw” activities
- “Think-pair-share”
- Presenting each others work
Post-class activities /
Assessment
Individual
- Further reading
- Watching highlight videos of the previous class activities
- Final examination (e.g. paper and pen examination, programming test)
- Online quizzes
Individual / Group
Group
- Peer review, evaluation or comment
- Forum discussion
- Online/in-class participation for group work contribution
- Group debate
- Choosing marking criteria
- Gallery review of assignments
Deep Dive
Pick some discussion approaches
Enticing your students with engaging, deep and challenging discussion questions create essential flipped classroom learning opportunities. Below are 10 suggested approaches for you to organize your in-class discussion activity. How will you use them?
Deep Dive
Flipped Classrooms in Action
Interested to see the above examples in action? Not sure how a flipped classroom would work in your subject area? Check out the list below, with the courses categorized based on different subject areas, see how the instructors at HKU flip their courses and get inspired!
To be updated