What do students think of vodcasts?

Mr. Aaron Sams is a high school science teacher in Colorado who uses video podcasts to flip his class. He currently teaches in Woodland Park Colorado and is writing a book about the Flipped Classroom.  He filmed some of the reactions and opinions from students in his flipped classroom in the video below.  More information about this teaching technique can be found online at the Learning 4 Mastery website at: http://learning4mastery.com

The University of Northern Colorado has information on vodcasting and homework flipping at this website.  This website describes the process as, "Students conduct experiments, watch video podcasts, work on assignments, interact with the class Moodle site, have one-on-one discussions with their teacher, and get tutored by their peers and cadet teachers. This is Mastery Learning at work.


Mastery of Learning allows students to work at their own pace through the science curriculum. When they complete a unit they must demonstrate that they have learned the content by taking an exit assessment that includes both a lab and a written component. If students score less than 85% on these exit assessments, they must go back and re-learn those concepts they missed and retake the exam. Grades are no longer determined by a percentage but rather how much content they have mastered." 


Teaching Vodcasting Network, a social network site for teachers using vodcasts, was created to support teachers who are using this new educational technology.