Flipped classroom is a teaching strategy that also includes blending learning as students will have online materials provided by their teacher to study the lesson and learn the new knowledge they are supposed to. Not only this, but students may be asked to do interactive exercises which may lead to them communicate with each other to help each other which as a result encourage collaboration among them. Another benefit to get out of using this strategy is that as students would come to class prepared and acquired the knowledge, it will be easier for them to be active during the class and indulge in activities in which they are required to answer, solve and provide the information related to the lesson.
Bellow, is a picture provided by The Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Texas, Austin that gives an idea of the differences in the way students learn and interact during classroom between traditional learning and employing flipped classroom method.