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Encourage learner autonomy and reflection – Getting students working alone and on
their own computers is a great opportunity to give them some freedom, so exploit
every opportunity you can to encourage autonomous learning and reflection.

Develop online learning skills – Think about the skills participants will need to handle
the course and how to build on these. Teachers and students who are new to online
learning will need help to cope with the medium as well as the actual learning you
want to deliver, so be prepared with videos, tutorials and FAQs to help.

Be prepared to change – Constantly evaluate, reflect and learn from your course so
that you can make the next course better. Digital materials and online courses are
easy to change, and update, so be prepared to change what you may have originally
thought was a great design.

References
Flipped Classroom Defined. Available online at http://digitalsandbox.weebly.com/
flipped-classroom.html

L is for ‘Loop input’. Available online at http://elteachertrainer.com/2010/05/28/
do-we-still-use-%E2%80%98loop-input%E2%80%99-these-days/

Siemens, G (2004) Connectivism: A learning theory for the digital age. Available online
at www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm

The Flipped Class: Myths vs. Reality. Available online at www.thedailyriff.com/articles/
the-flipped-class-conversation-689.php

Woodward, T (2003) Loop input. ELT Journal 57/3. Available online at http://eltj.
oxfordjournals.org/content/57/3/301.full.pdf

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