Today an article was printed in the Sydney Morning Herald by Andrew Stevenson (Education Editor) called ‘Technology brings the classroom back home in role reversal’.
It discusses the drift towards a new trend of ‘flipping’ in the classroom. Flipping refers to a new style of learning which is utilising modern technology and social networking to somewhat reverse the role of learning so that the student can begin to play a much bigger part in shaping their own learning. For example, the whole structure of a lesson might be directly flipped; the content of a lesson might be self taught online, at home, so that the classroom can become a place to apply and practice what the pupil has learnt at home. To learn more about flipping, take a look at Andrew Stevenson’s article or at the ‘Flipping the Classroom’ video on the SMH website.
When I read this article, I immediately thought of the links between this and our work in learning transfer. It seems the education sector is following the change that has occured in learning, where learning through doing is more important than content.
Taking this a stage further, will learning transfer eventually be more important than learning content and learning by doing?
I would be keen to hear your thoughts so feel free to comment below.
