Marilla Svinicki at the University of Texas at Austin explores the flipped classroom model and argues that although it is not really a new technique, the quality of work students can do outside of class has been greatly enhanced through technology making the flipped classroom much more effective. According to Svinicki, a benefit of the flipped class design is that instructor expertise is better used in a flipped class because they are “capable of adapting to student misunderstandings or misconceptions and creating spontaneous examples that help illuminate a concept. The instructor’s depth of knowledge also helps identify common problems in understanding, which can be addressed in activities and questions during class.”
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