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Project Synopsis

​The project is funded by Nordplus Junior and aims to create an active expert network of teachers in the partner countries (Iceland, Denmark, Finland and Estonia) that are currently practicing and researching Flipped Learning in and as a part of their educational contexts, specifically by highlighting best practice initiatives.

The network will be manifested in a common Nordic Center for Flipped Learning and through national information platforms and websites. The goal is to provide teachers with a peer platform to share experiences, best practices, use of applications and teaching methods, as well as sharing results of research on the subject of Flipped Learning.

​The network should be available within all educational levels, whereas the focus is on methodology and use of technology and teaching methods, rather than course content.

The project will run for a total of 12 months, from August 2016 to August 2017. During the project lifetime a series of regional, national and international workshops will be arranged and carried out in the partnership countries. 

Flipped Learning has for the past few years been a revelation in the traditional school system, especially when dealing with equal opportunities to learning by bridging both time-issues, distances and learning disabilities. Numerous initiatives have been taking place all around the world, most noticeable in the United States, but mainly the changes have been on individual or local level.

The international trend has been for new framework curricula published in several countries to encourage teachers to change their classroom teaching from “teacher-centered” to more “student- centered” approaches. These days, the idea of “flipping” the teaching and learning process fascinates many teachers who are trying to change their teacher-centered teaching style to a more student- centered learning approach.
In Iceland teachers and a number of schools, as well as a few municipalities, have decided to implement Flipped Learning in the classroom. In Denmark likewise there have been a number of local initiatives as well as research on the impact of this new form of teaching.
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Among the goals of the project is to examine, develop and implement a specific Nordic/Baltic view on Flipped Learning thus making sure that we will retain our thinking and way of practicing school - also when it comes to new ICT-related approaches. The project aims to achieve this by engaging in national teacher workshops and by creating both national and Nordic/Baltic networks of teacher practicing these methods.
The focus for the project is highly relevant to the specific aims of Nordplus Junior. The Flipped Learning concept makes use of ICT and blended learning activities, adding an extra dimension to traditional distance learning methods by developing new uses of the classroom and traditional in-school learner activities. Furthermore the concept meets individual learners on their own terms providing them with a chance to access traditional courses where they want and as often as they require, giving the teacher more time for one-to-one tutoring in the classroom and at the same time promoting the opportunity for developing 21st century skills such as collaboration, communication, creativity and critical thinking. 

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