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The Flipped Classroom: An Opportunity To Engage Millennial Students Through Active Learning Strategies
The Flipped Classroom: An Opportunity To Engage Millennial Students Through Active Learning Strategies
An Opportunity
To Engage Millennial
Students Through Active
Learning Strategies
A M Y ROEHL
SHWETA LINGA REDDY
GAYLA JETT SHANNON
"Flipping" the classroom employs easy-to-use, into the classroom is critical in order to reach
readily accessihle technology in order to free class Millennial students. This review of the literature
time from lecture. This allows for an expanded investigates the "flipped" or "inverted" classroom
range of learning activities during class time. Using model (Bergmann & Sams, 2012; Lage, Platt, &
class time for active learning versus lecture provides Tregua, 2000) in order to address challenges of
opportunities for greater teacher-to-student mentor- student engagement in lecture-based classrooms.
ing, peer-to-peer collaboration and cross-disciplinary The authors present an argument for the possible
engagement. This review of literature addresses application of this model by educators in the dis-
the challenges of engaging today's students in lec- ciplines of family and consumer sciences.
ture-based classrooms and presents an argument
for application of the "flipped classroom" model hy
Millennials reared on rapidly evolving
educators in the disciplines offamily and consumer
sciences. technologies demonstrate decreased
A sense of urgency to adapt to Millennial tolerance for lecture-style
learning preferences is heightened as educators dissemination of course information.
increasingly struggle to capture the attention of
today's students. Unlike previous generations,
Millennials reared on rapidly evolving technologies
demonstrate decreased tolerance for lecture-style The Millennial Student
dissemination of course information (Prensky, MiUennials are individuals born between 1982 and
2001). Incorporation of active learning strategies 2002 (Wilson & Gerber, 2008). Millennial students,
referred to as "digital natives" (Prensky, 2001),
Amy Roehl (o.<ío/im@ícu.edu) is Assistant Professor of Inte- have been exposed to information technology from
rior Design, Shweta Linga Reddy, PhD, is Assistant Professor a very young age. MiUennials' access to technology,
of Fashion Merchandising and Gayla jett Shannon Is Assistant information, and digital media is greater than that
Professor of Professional Practice in Interior Design. All are in
the Department of Interior Design & Merchandising at Texas
of any prior generation. According to McMahon
Christian University, Fort Worth, TX. and Pospisil (2005), characteristics of Millennial