Collaboration and interaction with smart mechanisms in flipped classrooms
Data Technologies and Applications
ISSN: 2514-9288
Article publication date: 30 January 2023
Issue publication date: 15 November 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This study aimed to investigate learning behaviors deeply in flipped classrooms. In addition, it is worth considering how to help learners through recognition technology with natural language processing (NLP) when learners have question and answer (Q&A). In addition, the Internet of Things (IoT) can be utilized to make the physical learning environment more comfortable and smarter.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors developed smart learning environment (SLE) with smart mechanisms supported by recognition technology, NLP and IoT to help learners and employed scaffolding to facilitate their group discussions. This study is an explanatory research to investigate graduate learners' learning behavior when they are collaborating with group members and interacting with the environment in flipped classroom using the proposed SLE.
Findings
The results revealed that learners who collaborated more while coediting had significant learning achievement, and NLP sufficiently addressed their questions. Physical conditions of the SLE were comfortable for learners. They perceived that SLE could facilitate group discussions with scaffolding.
Practical implications
This study suggests to utilize flipped classrooms with technologies, e.g. Google Slides integration, to help learners to do more collaboration and use smart mechanisms, e.g. Q&A with NLP, to make learners more interacting during the discussion process.
Originality/value
The proposed SLE can record and analyze smartly their collaboration meaningfully with group members and interact with the environment. Accordingly, researchers found that collaboration in flipped classrooms can help their learning achievement, and it is worth being widely promoted.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to express their deepest gratitude to Tzu-Hsin Huang (Carrie) for assisting and helping in communicating with participants.
Funding: This study is partly funded through 109-2511-H-008-009-MY3 and 111-2410-H-008-061-MY3, National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan.
Ethics approval: The research has acquired ethical approval. The research is original and has not been published elsewhere. The manuscript has not been submitted to more than one journal for simultaneous consideration.
Consent to participate: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Verbal informed consent was obtained prior to the interview.
Competing interest: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest.
Citation
Hwang, W.-Y., Nurtantyana, R. and Hariyanti, U. (2023), "Collaboration and interaction with smart mechanisms in flipped classrooms", Data Technologies and Applications, Vol. 57 No. 5, pp. 625-642. https://doi.org/10.1108/DTA-04-2022-0171
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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