“Flipping or flapping?” Investigating engineering students’ experience in flipped classrooms

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Author
Chew, Esyin
Jones, Lim Jen Nee
Wordley, Scott
Date
2018-11-05Acceptance date
2017-08-19
Type
Article
Publisher
Emerald
ISSN
1074-8121
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Purpose
This study has explored the flipped classroom model in a private university in Malaysia. It aims to present a flipped classroom intervention for engineering education innovation.
Design/methodology/approach
The research (1) revisited prominent educational theories for a flipping or flapping pedagogy, (2) implemented and explored the flipped classroom experiences in one engineering subject using the action inquiry method with thematic analysis and (3) reflectively evaluated both students’ and educators’ “flipping or flapping experience”.
Findings
The responses of the research participants are analysed and used to develop the flipping or flapping classroom principles and an ideal flipped classroom model. From passive lectures to active learning with collaborative discourse and reflective communication, flipping the classroom can offer a seamless learning experience.
Research limitations/implications
The flipped classroom model can provide good reference for other educational researchers who intended to conduct a flipped classroom. However, the small sample size with qualitative method and thematic analysis useds led to considerable theoretical development, but it may not achieve the validity standards to generalise the findings. Further empirical investigation with a systematic controlled group is recommended for future work across disciplines for extrapolation.
Originality/value
This is a genuine case study with an identified innovative teaching need to investigate how flipped classrooms can be enabled and enhanced in engineering education innovation.
Journal/conference proceeding
On the Horizon;
Citation
Chew, E., Jones, L.J.N. and Wordley, S. (2018) '“Flipping or flapping?” Investigating engineering students’ experience in flipped classrooms', On the Horizon. https://doi.org/10.1108/OTH-04-2017-0014
Description
Article published in On the Horizon available at https://doi.org/10.1108/OTH-04-2017-0014
Sponsorship
Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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