Efficiency of flipped classroom with online-based teaching under COVID-19

ABSTRACT

Due to the spread of COVID-19 worldwide, a large number of universities had to close their campuses. To maintain teaching and learning during this disruption to the traditional teaching, most universities have adopted online teaching model. The current study aimed at investigating the efficacy of various online teaching modes as well as comparing a proposed combined model of online and flipped learning to other online and traditional models. The Learning under COVID-19questionnaire was designed and administered to undergraduate engineering students at Chengdu University of Information Technology (CUIT). The questionnaire included five parts: demographic questions, frequencies of online courses, types of online courses, the communication and Q&A in online classes and the effect of online classes, as well as the effect of combined model learning. The results of the study showed that, students were dissatisfied with online learning in general, and they were especially dissatisfied with the communication and Q&A modes. In addition, the combined model of online teaching with the flipped learning improved students’ learning, attention, and evaluation of courses.

KEYWORDS:

• COVID-19
• online teaching
• flipped classroom
• combined model
• effective teaching

Acknowledgments

This work was supported in part by the National Study Abroad Fund of China (201808515077), in part by the Collaborative Education Project of the Ministry of Education of China (201901106001), and in part by the Sichuan provincial higher education talent training quality and teaching reform project (JG2018-534).

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Funding

This work was supported by Sichuan provincial higher education talent training quality and teaching reform project: [Grant Number JG2018-534]; National Study Abroad Fund of China: [Grant Number 201808515077]; Collaborative Education Project of the Ministry of Education of China: [Grant Number 201901106001].

Notes on contributors

Tao Tang

Tao Tang, received the PhD degree in Electromagnetic and Microwave Technology from Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU), in 2011. He then joined the College of Electronic Engineering at Chengdu University of Information Technology (CUIT). At CUIT, he is also a faculty member of the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Sounding. Presently, he is a Professor in the College of Electronic Engineering of CUIT and the head of the Department of Electronic Information Science and Technology of CUIT. In 2017, he has completed his postdoctoral fellowship with Electronic Science and Technology at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC). He has worked at Monash University and La Trobe University, Australia as a visiting research. Now he is a visiting scholar at University of Waterloo, Canada. Email: [email protected]

Atef M. Abuhmaid

Atef Abuhmaid is an Associate Professor in educational technology. He teaches at the faculty of education, Hashemite University, Jordan. He has a PhD in Educational Technology from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Atef is the author of five books (4 in Arabic and 1 in English): Blended and Flipped Learning, Instructional Design for the Digital Content, Contemporary Educational Technology and Curriculum, Educational Assistive Technology, and ICT Integration across Educational systems. His scholarly interests are related to teaching and learning. He is particularly interested in areas of research such as E-learning, flipped learning, and classroom technologies. He is concerned and involved in researchs that aim at improving teaching and learning practices. He has served as a Dean, dean assistant, head of curriculum and teaching department at national and regional universities. Email: [email protected]

Melad Olaimat

Melad M. Olaimat graduated from Al Balqa Applied University with a Bachelor of Communication and Software Engineering in September 2007. He completed his Master of Science degree in wireless communication engineering in October 2010 from Jordan University of science and technology. During his MS degree, Melad worked as teacher assistant and conducted research on microstrip patch antenna design. He published several papers in international journals related to his research area. After graduation, Melad worked as lecturer in Al Balqa Applied University from 2011 up to 2017 where he taught several courses in electrical and communication engineering. In 2017 Melad started his PhD study at University of Waterloo in the area of energy harvesting. Email: [email protected]

Dana M. Oudat

Dana M. Oudat received the B.D.S degree in dentistry from Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan in 2019. She is currently working on her equivalency process in Dentistry with the NDEB, Canada. Her current research areas include maxillofacial surgery, in particular, jaw tumors. Email: [email protected]

Maged Aldhaeebi

Maged Aldhaeebi received the Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree in electrical engineering from Hadramout University of Technology and Science, Al-Mukalla, in 2009, the Master of Science (M.Sc) degree in electrical engineering from King Saud University, Riyadh, in 2014, and the PhD degree from University of Waterloo, Waterloo, in 2020. Maged’s research interests include Microwaves near-field detection modalities. Now he is a faculty member of Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Hadhramout University, Hadhramout, Yemen. Email: [email protected]

Ebrahim Bamanger

Ebrahim Bamanger is a doctoral candidate in the Curriculum and Instruction at King Saud University. He is also a doctoral student majoring in (English/Arabic) Second and Foreign Language Education, with a minor in Arabic Linguistics, and another minor in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University. He is also an Arabic as a foreign language (language conversation) Instructor at the Arabic Language Flagship, Indiana University. Bamanger has been teaching English as a foreign language for more than five years. His research interests focus on exploring the integration of innovative technologies in enhancing language learning, and different methods of teaching foreign and second languages across diverse cultures. Email: [email protected]