The Flipped Classroom Teaching Model and Its Use for Information Literacy Instruction

The flipped classroom, a teaching method that delivers lecture content to students at home through electronic means and uses class time for practical application activities, may be useful for information literacy instruction. This article describes many of the characteristics of the flipped classroo...

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Published inCommunications in information literacy Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 7 - 22
Main Author Arnold-Garza, Sara
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tulsa Communications in Information Literacy 01.01.2014
Subjects
Blended Learning
Class Activities
Educational Practices
Electronic Learning
flipped classroom
Higher Education
Information Literacy
Lecture Method
Library Instruction
Performance Factors
Student Evaluation
Teaching Methods
Teaching Models
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Summary:The flipped classroom, a teaching method that delivers lecture content to students at home through electronic means and uses class time for practical application activities, may be useful for information literacy instruction. This article describes many of the characteristics of the flipped classroom teaching model, illustrated with examples from current higher education and library instruction literature. Pedagogical benefits of the model are highlighted along with potential challenges to its use.
ISSN:1933-5954
1933-5954
DOI:10.15760/comminfolit.2014.8.1.161