A Literature Analysis on the application of Flipped Classroom for Higher Education: Evidence from Teaching Online for Undergraduate Students

Abstract

The spread of the novel coronavirus pneumonia COVID-19 has prevented college students from many places across the country regarding the on-site learning as scheduled. To comply with the announcement of the Ministry of Education “suspending the classes without terminating the teaching activities”, colleges and universities are required across the country to deliver the way of online teaching. However, teaching online in the epidemic is different from traditional online teaching activities. The teaching online mode is using the modern technology and computer-related technology to break the limitations of time and space and region. It is different from the traditional offline teaching mode, complements and promotes each other. Under this special circumstances and conditions, the online teaching mode can also conduct independently with the offline teaching mode. This article is conducted by the application of flipped classroom for undergraduate online teaching by carrying out a systematic literature analysis method. After searching for keywords through Baidu academic database, the conditions are referred. There are 1340 articles in the literature, and among the 1340 articles that meet the conditions, 1254 articles remain after repeated function screening through endnote software. After setting the conditions of journal article, journal category, undergraduate, non-undergraduate, and literature supplement, thus the selected reading documents are generated as total of 21 articles. Through the analysis of the 21 articles, the application of flipped classrooms in undergraduate online teaching, the enthusiasm of students in class under this mode, and the impact on later education curriculum reform are obtained.