Flipped learning applied to materials science

Abstract

Educational innovation is becoming very trendy nowadays due to digital technology arise. This innovation brings dozens of new tools and educational systems. Among others, flipped-classroom is a promising educational innovation that can improve the motivation, the degree of retention and the grades of students. Here we present an example of flipped-classroom applied to materials science and the survey of students after the experience. We noticed that with flipping the class students improved the retention degree and were highly motivated. In general, it was a positive experience and students would like to have more classes in the flipped way.