1. Meaning and concept of flipped classroom

Educational Videos on the Internet

Even without having a flipped classroom, teachers can still make use of Internet videos by incorporating time on the school's computers into their classes. The number of free educational videos on the Internet is huge and is growing rapidly. It's important for teachers to choose videos that are both interesting and educational and that cover the curriculum properly. The length of the videos and the dates when they must be viewed is an important consideration in flipped courses, especially when more than one of a student’s courses are flipped. Teachers in a school should coordinate the timing of at-home assignments so that a student is not overwhelmed with homework.
Some teachers create their own videos, but at least in the topic that I teach—science—there are many suitable videos on the Internet that would be time-consuming or impossible for me to create myself. For example, the videos may show blood flow through blood vessels, the behavior of microscopic creatures in a greatly magnified view, animals that students may never see in real life, chemistry experiments that involve expensive equipment that the school can't afford or that are too dangerous to perform in a school lab, and animations illustrating complex processes in the human body. Other videos may be more like lectures, but these may be useful too.
Some people have argued that watching a video in which a person lectures and draws on a board is no different from listening to a teacher lecturing in front of a class. The fact that students can replay a section of a video is an advantage, though. In addition, by looking at videos that present factual information in the evening, students are free to do practical, analytical, and interactive work during class time. It's a better learning experience for students if the videos are as interesting as possible, however. Enjoyable videos may promote compliance with the flipped classroom concept.

The Future for Flipped Classrooms

Some educators are very excited about flipped classrooms and say that they have greatly helped their students. Others are more cautious and want to see data showing that flipped classrooms actually work. Some people have criticisms of the system and don't like it. The interest in flipped learning is growing, however. The model is being incorporated into university and college causes as well as high school ones.
When an investigator is reading about the apparent success of the model in a particular course, he or she should examine all of the details related to how the course was run. Different teachers have different ideas about how best to flip a course and about what procedures to follow for their class. This could affect learning outcomes. Someone who is thinking about teaching a flipped course could flip just one section at first to see how it goes.
The flipped classroom is an educational model that involves a change for both students and teachers but could offer important benefits. I suspect that we'll be hearing a lot more about the topic in the near future.