It's Fliptastic

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to examine the importance of implementing the flipped classroom model with the use of the web-based platform, Playposit. The chapter first provides an overview of the benefits of the flipped classroom model as well as the platform in a concise review of literature, and then it offers a comprehensive description of Playposit including its features, methods of designing creative videos and interactions, and applications in an ESL classroom. A lesson plan and its description are presented at the end of the chapter, providing a sample of incorporating the flipped classroom model using technology to boost learners' engagement and achievement.

Online Learning

“…Technology innovations in the last fifteen years have been impressive in LMS integration, lecturevariety, videoconferencecapacity,test integrity, andother areas.Twoareaofexceptional improvementhavebeenvideoconferenceaccess,convenience,andperformance (Stefanile,2020), as well as enhanced prerecorded lecture alternatives such as PlayPosit (Abobaker, & Ali, 2022), VoiceThread (Mejia,2020),andCamtasia (Silva,2012).…”