Flipped learning environments offer learners the opportunities to take over their learning by working through their content at a comfortable pace. This strategy gives learners the ability to control how a concept is introduced to them and how fast they understand the content. 

Educators can make videos specific to the flipped classroom, align with their objectives for the curriculum, and focus on the needs and passions of their learners. Videos don’t need to be made from scratch, though – there are plenty of online resources containing flipped classroom videos. 

When creating a flipped video, educators should keep in mind the teaching methods they would use to teach a physical class. 

Why the Flipped Classroom Works

With a flipped classroom and flipped lessons, educators can activate their learners’ prior knowledge, provide opportunities for application, and consolidate understanding in their learners. The flipped classroom strategy also offers steps that support the educators and help them evaluate the success of the videos they make themselves. 

Under normal circumstances, learners complete the lower-cognitive level work in the class and then go home to complete higher-cognitive level work at home. The flipped model reverses this. 

Learners work through the higher-cognitive work with their educators in a class by using a video that is either made by the educator themselves or acquired from a resource. The learners will then go home with the knowledge and the higher-cognitive work they were taught in class, which they can then apply to their lower-cognitive homework. 

Conclusion

Video is one of the many crucial components of a flipped classroom. It enables learners to understand their content in a more visual, interactive, and sensory way, promoting better retention and absorption.