According to Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching, the flipped classroom model describes a reversal of traditional teaching. In the flipped classroom, students gain first exposure to new material outside of class, usually via reading or lecture videos. Class time is then used to do the harder work of assimilating that knowledge through strategies such as problem solving, discussion or debates.
https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/flipping-the- classroom .
In a flipped classroom, activities involving “drill and practice” or lower-order thinking skills are covered outside the classroom, leaving room for activities incorporating application and other higher-order thinking skills in the classroom. For more on flipped teaching, see the TED talk by Salman Khan about using video to reinvent education. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTFEUsudhfs)
One of the central goals of the independent learning resources in ECOSTAR’s Bank is to support a flipped classroom model and free up limited class time for addressing the can-do statements.
