Why flipped classroom?

Presenter: Adrian M Lee (Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning, National University of Singapore)

Key words: Flipped classroom, Active learning approach, Student learning, Blended learning

The Flipped Classroom has become quite the buzz in higher education. It is an approach that blends online instruction and offline learning. In this talk, I will discuss the design and implementation of a flipped classroom pedagogy for a second-year core chemistry module at NUS over the past 4 years. At the centre of this implementation was the use of technology to deliver content online and so use contact time to put that content into context. Technology pervaded all aspects of implementation from the online foundational material to the online pre-class testing to the in-class learner response system. A highlight of the flipped classroom experience was the active learning approach taken in small class settings, during which students were required to put into practice the concepts learnt previously. I will report on student perception of the approach, how that perception changes over the semester, together with the impact of the approach on student learning.