With the concept of "student - centered" and the flexible teaching and learning methods, the flipped classroom is being favored by more and more educators which focus on students' individualized and comprehensive development. Based on the present situation of mechanical specialty in independent college, this paper applies the flipped classroom in the teaching practice to realize the effective teaching centered on students. It can excite students' interest in learning effectively, contribute the interactive relationship between teachers and students, embody the dominance of students, and improve students' self-learning ability. It also cultivates students' ability to learn independently, to identify problems, to solve problems, to collaborate in groups, and to expand their ability to innovate. It provides the train of thought for the teaching reform of the mechanical specialty in the independent college under the new situation, and also provides the reference to the university to apply the training of innovative talent.
