The effectiveness of the Online Flipped Classroom as a didactic strategy for distance education in higher education during the COVID19 quarantine: A case study

Abstract

The quarantine motivated by the 2020 COVID pandemic forced education to adapt to an online model in very little time. Soon, many deficiencies of this change became evident: poor quality of learning, difficulties to maintain attention in class, excessive workload, and physical burnout. In this context, it is important to identify the best educational strategies that help to improve both the quality of online education and the students’ experience, which will be useful not only for this immediate situation but for the post pandemic future as well. This research analyzes the effectiveness of the flipped classroom model as a didactic alternative for online education during the quarantine, in university students. After an experience of one semester in a flipped classroom model, students reported positive results in quality of learning, workload perception, learning satisfaction, and increased interest in learning, among other indicators.