FLIPPING THE CLASSROOM
A PRACTICAL APPROACH
Guest Lecture
Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
By
Ishan Abeywardena, Ph.D.
25th September 2015
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this talk you would be able to:
 Conceptualize the ‘Flipped Classroom’
 Compare traditional teaching methods with modern
pedagogies
 Discuss the use of Open Education Resources
(OER) in teaching
 Explore the use of Social Media for student support
 Identify barriers to implementation at IIT
What is a ‘Flipped Classroom’?
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flipped_classroom.png
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQWvc6qhTds
The problem of Digital Immigrants teaching Digital Natives
Source: https://principalaim.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/digital-native.jpg
Source: http://www.eit.edu.au/image/onlinebook/Sage-on-the-Stage-11.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoSJbO_1HM8
MATERIAL FOR LEGAL USE IN CLASS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DKm96Ftfko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YkbeycRa2A
FLIPPING THE CLASSROOM: DISCUSSION
What are the BARRIERS at IIT?

Flipping the Classroom : A Practical Approach