Flipped Classroom and Team-Based Learning

Campbell, Margaret

Demetry, C. (2010). Work in progress - An innovation merging "classroom flip" and team-based learning. 2010 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), T1E-1 - T1E-2. doi: 10.1109/FIE.2010.5673617 

Summary

This brief, two-page report describes two versions of a flipped classroom used in an introductory engineering classroom (~125 students). The engineering curriculum is typically heavy on content that, in the past, has not allowed for the use of classroom time for higher-order problem solving. This report describes two ways that the instructor transferred the foundation learning to outside-of-class activities by using pre-recorded multimedia lectures. In addition, the instructor includes reflections on the process of evaluating and improving upon instructional methods.

Evaluation

An extremely valuable part of this article is the reference section. In the article text, the instructor mentions that the inspiration for improving the instructional design and trying the flipped classroom came from the book, Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses by L. Dee Fink. I include a summary and evaluation of a PDF from this book on another post.

The value of this article is the very clear and succinct description of exactly how the instructor redesigned the instruction, the table showing the goals and strategies, and the outline of the methods used to measure the effectiveness of the changes.