Flipped or traditional online teaching? : Two different strategies to handle teaching in nursing education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate differences in academic achievement between two groups of students who were taught the same course online within the nursing program but through two different teaching strategies and to examine the students' attitudes towards flipped classroom.METHODS: Online lectures using Zoom was given to teach a course regarding the immune system and another course was taught the same subject in flipped classroom approach using video lectures followed by seminars. Academic achievement were compared between the groups, and perspectives on flipped classroom were investigated using a questionnaire.RESULTS: The main findings were that participation in flipped classroom seminars had a positive effect on academic achievement (OR 2.3 (CI [1.001-5.1]), and that students preferred the flipped classroom approach over traditional lectures.CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that a student centered teaching strategy like flipped classroom is an effective way to increase the students' engagement and academic achievements.

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Pedagogik (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Pedagogy (hsv//eng)

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flipped classroom

nursing education

online teaching

quiz

remote teaching

self-assessment

Public Health Science

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