DocumentCode :
123673
Title :
Flipped classrooms: From concept to reality using Google Apps
Author :
Ferreira, Jose Manuel Martins
Author_Institution :
Buskerud & Vestfold Univ. Coll., Kongsberg, Norway
fYear :
2014
fDate :
26-28 Feb. 2014
Firstpage :
204
Lastpage :
208
Abstract :
Flipped classrooms use in-class time to work on learning materials that were previously explored by the students on their own (e.g. pre-recorded presentations, instructional videos, etc.). Any e-learning platform can be used to flip a classroom / course, but they suffer from an original sin - they can just as well be used to support traditional teacher-centred models, where the course site works as a repository of slides used during plenary classes delivered in lecture halls. Besides this historical handicap, most e-learning platforms offer relatively poor collaborative environments, particularly if we consider the standard sharing facilities of social platforms like Facebook, Google+ (G+), etc. The portfolio of resources included in the Google Apps for Education program, on the other hand, offers a powerful toolbox that can be used to build rich collaborative environments. Ending up with teacher-centred models is much harder in the Google Apps world, where a pervasive collaborative strategy can be made to spread across a teaching and learning framework built as a Google site. This paper presents the essential Google Apps that can be used in this context, proposes a pedagogical model that ensures collaborative, student-centred learning, and describes how a teaching and learning framework can be built using the tools comprised in the Google Apps for Education portfolio. The reusable template offered as a result of this work is available online at http://goo.gl/wllUk.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; search engines; Facebook; Google Apps for Education portfolio; e-learning platform; electronic learning platform; flipped classrooms; learning materials; lecture halls; plenary classes; teacher-centred models; Collaboration; Educational institutions; Electronic learning; Google; Portfolios; YouTube; Education; Flipped Classrooms; Google Apps; Pedagogy;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV), 2014 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Porto
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/REV.2014.6784256
Filename :
6784256
Link To Document :
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