Flipping the Classroom

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Brame, C.J. (2013).  Flipping the classroom. Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. 

Retrieved March 15, 2013 from http://www.studygs.net/citation.htm

This great website provides a useful, concise and comprehensive summary of the flipped classroom approach.  It emphasizes its four main components as: 1. first-exposure learning prior to class (in which students learn about a subject independently before class time), 2. task incentives, such as online quizzes, to demonstrate completion of first-exposure learning, 3. pre-class assignments that assess students' levels of understanding regarding the topic, and 4. in-class activities that promote synthesis, analysis and collaboration of knowledge.  

In addition to the other articles posted on flipped classroom, I thought this link provided a great synthesis of the information and made a compelling argument for using the flipped classroom approach.  It promotes in-depth learning, rather than simple regurgitation of facts.