STUDENT BEHAVIORS AND PERCEPTIONS IN A FLIPPED CLASSROOM: A CASE IN AN OPERATING SYSTEMS COURSE

Year 2016, Volume: 4 , 320 - 322, 01.09.2016

Osman Gazi Yıldırım Tolga Erdogan Harun Cıgdem

Abstract

In
technical majors like computer, in laboratories of which students could only
have access to hardware and software, using time effectively is of the essence.
For students to gain experience, it is important that they have experiments in
courses like Network Systems and Server Operating Systems. With the development
of internet and Learning Management Systems, more and more instructors have
started to flip their courses by using technologies like videos, online
homework, social networks, and forums. In a flipped class, students have the
responsibilities of their learning. Lessons are presented online, instructors
guide the in-class applications and interact more with their students. Having
the aim of learning students\' opinions on flipped classes, this study was
implemented in a four-hour Network Systems Laboratory with the participation of
25 students, who took the Operating Systems Course in a vocational college
during the spring semester of 2015-2016 Academic Year. Instructors loaded the
maximum 10-minute videos, course materials and projects on the system. Under
the guidance of their instructors students did the weekly projects in class.
Three application tests, the averages of which were 54.20, 89.16, and 86.8
respectively, were given to students through the semester. Students were
interviewed right after the first and third test applications. After the first
test, students reported that the visuals were good, but they preferred the
lessons to be delivered by the instructors; after the third test students
stated that they did more applications during classes and in laboratory hours
of other courses this method also could be utilized to provide more space for
applications. The results of this study showed that flipped classes could be
effectively used in courses where students don\'t have much time for
applications outside laboratory hours, however students need to be informed of
the method and the expectations right at the beginning. 

Keywords

Flipped classroom, student perception, blended learning, operating systems

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