Implementing Constructivist Pedagogy in a Flipped Mode in a Postgraduate Course

Implementing Constructivist Pedagogy in a Flipped Mode in a Postgraduate Course

Stephen Asunka, Emmanuel Freeman, Louisa Sheeta Arthur

Higher education institutions the world over are presently embarking on a drive towards introducing educational technologies into the teaching and learning processes so as to increase flexibility in course delivery, improve access to learning resources, enhance student engagement and participation in all learning activities, and consequently improve learning outcomes. With online learning resources such as instructional videos becoming more easily accessible and more appealing to the present generation of students, one technology-oriented instructional strategy that is gaining popularity in higher education is flipped teaching. This is an approach that reverses the traditional face-to-face teaching model: learners acquire basic content outside of class (typically video lectures), and then engage in more active and collaborative learning processes in class. Class activities therefore provide learners and instructors …

2018

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English