What is a Faux Flipped Classroom
In a conventional flipped classroom, online material essentially replaces in class/face-to-face instruction. However, in a faux flipped classroom, there is still face-to-face time. This face-to-face time is instead used to answer questions and help students understand the material, rather than as an instructional period.
Why Should Anyone Use this Classroom Approach?
There are a lot of benefits to using a faux flipped classroom approach! So let's look at a couple of those:
In a conventional flipped classroom, online material essentially replaces in class/face-to-face instruction. However, in a faux flipped classroom, there is still face-to-face time. This face-to-face time is instead used to answer questions and help students understand the material, rather than as an instructional period.
Why Should Anyone Use this Classroom Approach?
There are a lot of benefits to using a faux flipped classroom approach! So let's look at a couple of those:
- It allows kids to work more at their own pace. (Obviously there are still benchmarks, but students are allowed to work ahead if they desire)
- Allows parents to see exactly what their children are working on if they have access to the site. This can be a boon if you assign homework or if your students look for help when they get.
How Could You use a Faux Flipped Classroom Approach?
Let's say you want to use a Faux Flipped Classroom in you math class. Well, you're going to need to figure out how you will do this. For the sake of simplicity, let's say that you want the students to watch a video lesson. Well, now you have a choice; are you going to find a video for your students to watch on the topic, or are you going to create a video for your students to watch? Let's look at a couple example videos of each.
Let's say you want to use a Faux Flipped Classroom in you math class. Well, you're going to need to figure out how you will do this. For the sake of simplicity, let's say that you want the students to watch a video lesson. Well, now you have a choice; are you going to find a video for your students to watch on the topic, or are you going to create a video for your students to watch? Let's look at a couple example videos of each.
Of course, there are downsides to outsourcing your video creation. They often won't fit exactly what you want to teach, or they will include advertisements and other unnecessary bits. This either means you need to do extensive searching to find the right video, or you need to create the videos on your own. Below is an (very simple) example of a video you can create to perform the instructional period yourself.
This is a video I created using EduCreations on an iPad. It's really simple to do and is actually kind of fun once you get into it. (This is an area where you tie in Videos in Education, as I talked about on another page.)
So that's the first part of the lesson done, we have what the students are going to do to prepare for class, or do at the beginning of class. Now, we need to figure out what we are going to have them do after the video. This can be something they do on their own, something they do together, or maybe something they do at home if that can be made to work. It's really quite flexible. I would try to have at least a couple options for the students. These could be simple like a sheet of math problems that they need to finish before the end of class, in the case of the YouTube video above, this could be a sheet of division problems. Another option could be a division game that you implement and manage that the students could play together.
And that's pretty much it. How you facilitate your students watching the video is going to depend on your resources and whether you currently have a Learning Management System Implemented. But other than that, utilizing a faux flipped classroom is fairly simple once you get the lessons created and your students used to the concept.