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I thought Carmel and Jacky might like this!

"Computers have had a transformative impact on many fields, it is thus natural to expect that they are having an effect on educational practice leading to a dramatically fresher, more engaging and more powerful process of learning -educational wonderland." Two observations: 1. Computers do very little to aid learning. Their presence in the classroom along with relevant software does not automatically inspire teachers to rethink their teaching or students to adopt new modes of learning. Teachers do not radically transform what they would do without computers, although it may make things more efficient and fun. Computer technology may provide interesting and powerful learning opportunities, but these are not taken automatically, teachers and learners need to learn how to take advantage of them. 2. It is the whole culture of a learning environment, with or without computers, that can affect learning in important ways "It's not what technology can do, but what learning demands, best points up to the potential contributions of technology." Technology is helping things along, sometimes in crucial ways, rather than in itself doing the real work of teaching. Computers can become partners in cognition with learners, rightly used computers can enable what needs to happen in knowledge networking. Computers can make easier and more efficient what might need to be done in more cumbersome and convoluted ways.

Jacky, This article seems to fit well with your flipped classroom page!