The Flipped Classroom Model as an Active Learning Approach

Abstract

The goal of this article is to investigate the impact of a "flipped" or "inverted" classroom on student learning. The flipped classroom is a method of teaching in which students learn new knowledge outside of class instead of doing typical review exercises, freeing up class time for activities, problem solving, and other types of training. A flipped classroom was used in the Electronics and Telecommunications program's 'Information Theory and Coding Techniques' third-year course during this research. Students are evaluated in-class during class sessions/discussions and out-of-class activities using responses to questionaries provided on Google Classroom. Using the screen-cast tool 'Active Presenter,' the idea of the session on source coding techniques- Huffman Coding and Lempel Ziv Coding- was captured. Students were given access to the recorded video as well as my own teaching notes via Google Classroom. The results of flipped classroom learning suggest that the flipped classroom has several potential benefits that teachers could consider for better teaching - Learning progress.