Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Department of Medical Education & Research, Faculty of Health-Care Sciences, Eastern University, Sri Lanka, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
BMC Med Educ. 2022 Aug 1;22(1):594. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03647-6.
Flipped classroom pedagogy is a blended learning approach applied in undergraduate health professions education. However, teachers and students may require training to effectively engage in flipped classroom pedagogy. Thus, this study aimed to design, develop, and evaluate a web-based tool for fostering flipped classroom pedagogy in undergraduate health professions education.
This is an educational design-based research with a descriptive evaluation component which was conducted in two steps: (i) design & development and (ii) evaluation of an educational website. An expert panel was formed to evaluate the website by using a website evaluation questionnaire (WEQ). Descriptive statistics were employed to calculate the experts' agreement level.
An innovative website design was used to provide access to a range of digital devices. The development process occurred concurrently in two steps: (i) website development and (ii) learning content development. The educational website was branded as the Flipped Classroom Navigator (FCN). Based on WEQ scores, the FCN obtained a good level of agreement (≥ 80%) for its' ease of use, hyperlinks, structure, relevance, comprehension, completeness, and layout.
The FCN is an effective method for providing training to promote flipped classroom pedagogy in health professions education. The FCN achieved good evaluation scores and comments from experts. However, it is also necessary to obtain acceptance from the end-users, which could be the focus of future research. Nonetheless, the expert panel pinpointed areas for further development before introducing the FCN to end-users.
翻转课堂教学法是一种应用于本科健康职业教育的混合学习方法。然而，教师和学生可能需要接受培训才能有效地参与翻转课堂教学法。因此，本研究旨在设计、开发和评估一个用于促进本科健康职业教育中翻转课堂教学法的网络工具。
这是一项基于教育设计的研究，具有描述性评估部分，分为两个步骤进行：（i）设计与开发和（ii）评估教育网站。一个专家小组通过使用网站评估问卷（WEQ）来评估该网站。采用描述性统计来计算专家的一致性水平。
采用创新的网站设计，可访问各种数字设备。开发过程分两步同时进行：（i）网站开发和（ii）学习内容开发。教育网站被命名为翻转课堂导航器（FCN）。根据 WEQ 得分，FCN 在易用性、超链接、结构、相关性、理解、完整性和布局方面获得了良好的一致性（≥80%）。
FCN 是一种提供培训以促进健康职业教育中翻转课堂教学法的有效方法。FCN 获得了专家的良好评价分数和意见。然而，还需要获得最终用户的认可，这可能是未来研究的重点。尽管如此，专家小组在将 FCN 介绍给最终用户之前，已经确定了进一步发展的领域。
