Tjašo Vlasak, Lesarska šola Maribor
The rapid development of new technologies in the field of information and communication technology (ICT) has completely changed the way of spreading and receiving up to date knowledge. The Internet has become “the place” of the exchange and acquire new thoughts, knowledge and ideas. The exponential spreading of these make high-quality form of education for all where and whenever they want and need. From old to new On The Wood Technology School Maribor we practiced flipped learning for three years. We gradually conquered and partly adopted to our needs this educational method and named it Felicita (Flipped Learning with Creative Teaching). The main focus is on the integration of independent work and involvement of its own findings and results in the substance. Key aims – Pupils arrive prepared to the lesson. – Implementation of a cross-curricular and interclass cooperation enables a large variety of different forms of teaching. – With the introduction of modern teaching aids (mobile phones and tablets) we liven up lessons. Take advantage of the willingness of students: to search, evaluate and connect logically available information to form a whole and their presentation. – The role of the teacher is passive (more time to focus on monitoring the process of acquiring and evaluating knowledge). Increased independence of pupils in the work of developing responsibility and at the same time abilities and skills for further independent work Scenario of a lesson *Before the lesson Before the lesson pupils are given the material in audio / video form, they study it and answer the questions. The results are send to teacher before the start time. He can gain an insight view into established knowledge and adjusts the lecture. *During the lesson – Brief repetition of the lecture content. Possible distribution of students in two or more groups. – Search for and create content based on a search for sources from the Internet. Display can be in the form of: text pages (Stick it), pictures, videos and documents. – Created display content in the form of mental schemes – optional. – Creating classical presentations. In case that it is made by the students, it can also be presented by them. – Open access to stored content. Reflecting on additional didactic value The main guidance of method Felicita. – Increased integration of mobile electronic devices in the education process. The aim is to combine business with pleasure and make learning interesting again. – Learning is more interesting when it is transferred from the classroom to the living environment. With this we extended daily learning cycle, because learning is no longer confined to the time spent in school but lasts most of the day. – Time and volume of searches and receiving different information depends on the differentiated content. We have to develop a feeling for organized way of learning and creative way of acquiring (search and evaluation) knowledge.
