FLIPPED LEARNING EXPERIMENT IN VIDEO-BASED EDUCATION

One of the most important reasons for utilising virtual environments is to increase the flexibility of participating in education. Videos are a widely utilised technological solution for realising this type of flexible education. An educational model that videos are especially well suited for is flipped learning. However, the absence of contact teaching poses challenges for flipped learning, in which traditionally lecture-heavy activities are arranged as self-studies while face-to-face classes are used for cooperative studying. This paper examines a piloting of flipped learning organised alongside a video-based blended education model. The pilot provides experience of how flipped learning functions in an educational environment where the flexibility of participation is a priority, participation is mostly done asynchronously using on-demand videos, and in which students make practically no use of contact teaching. Based on the observations, the paper's discussion section presents some noteworthy considerations, as well as possible solutions for challenges identified during the piloting.