Thing 4

As society is constantly changing, teachers need to continue to keep their lessons relevant and interesting by teaching with different methods and sometimes even giving the students a little bit of control. This could be done through flipped and blended learning, allowing students to learn together through different resources.

I really enjoyed the topic of Blended Learning, as it allows for students to be able to learn in the traditional face to face way with the teacher and the content – as well as learning through digital technologies in and out of the classroom. A real world example of this could include the resource of facebook classrooms that teachers have began using. This allows for them to give instant feedback and upload files and resources for students to interact with. This also allows for group work/group assignments etc. This is a good way for students to interact with content as it is relevant with todays digital age and aids in defeating boredom.

The ‘Flipped Classroom’ approach allows for students to interact with information before dissecting the information within the classroom. I think this is a sound pedagogical approach to student learning as it allows for students to learn at their own pace. It is more efficient as it allows for students to come to the classroom better prepared to interact with the topic. Flipped learning also enhancing the students as more time is able to be spent on group work etc. This further enables students to work on homework or other tasks with others and can aid with advanced and less advanced students in their learning.

I think both Flipped and Blended learning are really good ways of switching up learning within the classroom. Switching between the two would enable for a much more interesting learning environment and enable students to feel as though they have some control over their learning.