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

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Luis Eduardo Campos

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.

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Luis Eduardo Campos, Universidad Panamericana, Campus Ciudad de México

Luis Eduardo Campos es Licenciado en Comunicación por la Universidad Panamericana, además de egresado de Lengua y Literaturas Hispánicas por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Actualmente trabaja como consultor en comunicación para el ramo editorial y educativo, además de ser profesor, desde 2013, de asignaturas de Argumentación y Persuasión, Comunicación Escrita e Investigación Cualitativa a nivel superior. Sus principales áreas de investigación son la estructura narrativa de ficción en la literatura, el cine y otros medios audiovisuales. Como docente se ha interesado en incorporar nuevas estrategias didácticas a su práctica y medir su efectividad con el fin de actualizar la dinámica educativa en las humanidades.

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