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Flip IT! – Flipped Classroom in the European Vocational Education

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2015-1-HU01-KA202-013555
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training Funder Contribution: 338,820 EUR

Flip IT! – Flipped Classroom in the European Vocational Education

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"Experiments are being run all over the world about how best to introduce new, innovative teaching, learning methods that meet the requirements of the 21st century. One of these methods is the ‘Flipped Classroom’. Flipping means that processing the new learning content doesn't begin with the teacher's explanation as usually. Before the lesson the students get acquainted with the topic at home already, by watching an attractive, “provoking”, motivating video or other digital materials, created or collected by the teachers. So the teacher frees up class time to lead students in other activities, which help to develop their the 21st century skills (like problem solving, collaborating and communicating) much better than the listening the explanation of teachers.The aim of the project was to integrate the “flipped classroom” method into the pedagogical practice of the VET schools and training centers in two target countries, in Hungary and Spain. The long-term aim of the project was to improve the quality of the vocational education and to engage a movement towards the work-based, collaborative and problem-oriented and active learning/teaching by utilizing the pedagogical potential of ICT tools. The focus was on the pedagogical potential: to utilize the newest, really easy-to-use video editors and other web 2.0 tools for teaching practical subjects in the VET schools integrated into such teaching methodology which put the focus not on the technology but on the pedagogy.The target group of the project were the teachers and trainers of the European vocational schools, while the beneficiaries of the final results are the students of the vocational education.Objectives of the project were:- Review the theoretical studies and pedagogical experiences on Flipped Classroom method, and carry out a focused needs-analysis by involving the teachers of the partner countries;- Develop “Flipped Classroom Methodology” (curriculum, online training learning content, collaborative online environment for networked learning);- Pilot online course in the target countries by involving VET teachers;- Validate the results in two countries by involving the members of the target group, and even the beneficiaries, the students.The project idea was born among the researchers and teachers of the project coordinator, of iTStudy Hungary Educational and Research Centre for Information and Technology Ltd., related to their activities in the field of technology enhanced learning. The consortium involved further 8 partners from 5 European countries. Three higher educational institutes (Universidad Europea de Madrid, University of Hradec Kralove) represented the regular teacher education and provided the theoretical background and their former experiences for the implementation. The third one (Cork Institute of Technology) added expertise in design and development of digital learning contents and online courses, together with e-learning developer from the United Kingdom (Opus Learning Ltd.). In order to ensure the long-term impact in Hungary, the consortium involved four Hungarian vocational schools (SZÁMALK-Szalézi Szakgimnázium, FM Kaszk Bercsényi Miklós Élelmiszeripari Szakgimnázium, Szakközépiskol és Kollégiuma, Magyar Gyula Kertészeti Szakközépiskola és Szakiskola, Neumann János Gimnázium, Szakgimnázium és Kollégium). After a focused desk-research and surveying the teachers, the partnership elaborated comprehensive state-of-art review on the present educational innovations in the partner countries, with case studies on flipped learning. Based on the conclusions we defined the set of learning objectives and outcomes and developed a curriculum for the online course. The next step was a collaborative content authoring and translation and implementation of the course components into e-learning environment. The pilot test was running in the target countries, in Hungary, in Spain and in Czech Republic.The pilots - highly appreciated by the teachers - were followed by a refinement of the learning content, and we published the e-book titled "" Flipped Classroom in Practice - Innovation in Vocational Education"" freely available on the project website (http://flip-it.hu/) in English, Hungarian and Spanish. The main results of the project are the curriculum, the learning content and textbook on a new teaching method validated by significant number of teachers in the online pilot courses in four countries. The direct impact is shown by their reflections and feedbacks, while the long-term impact can be seen from the detailed case studies in which the teachers tell that they will use flipped classroom method in the future, and they want to stay the members of the Flip-IT community."

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