Flipping the Script on Flipped-Classroom Syllabi

An instructor's explanatory syllabus prompts a discussion of how students perceive new learning models, and how much they want to know about pedagogy before a class begins

August 08, 2018 | By GTPE Communications
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In this article in Inside Higher Education, published on August 8, 2018, Yakut Gazi, associate dean of learning systems at GTPE, shares her view about flipped classrooms.

"Yakut Gazi, associate dean of learning systems and professional education at Georgia Institute of Technology, has another reason for wanting to avoid explaining flipped classrooms to students -- she doesn’t like the term even among professionals, and prefers “inverted learning.” She also thinks “flipped learning” isn’t easily boiled down to a single definition, given that it can be done simply by assigning readings out of class or by applying technology tools."

Read the full article in Inside Higher Education.