ACE Regional Transport Research and Education Center, Kumasi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi TRECK

Civil Engineering Department
College of Engineering

Ing Rev. Dr. Charles Adams, FGhIE

Centre Director

3/8/2019 1
Flipping the Classroom
 What is flipping?
• Flipping the classroom is a “pedagogy-first” approach to teaching. In this approach in-class time is “re-purposed”
for inquiry, application, and assessment in order to better meet the needs of individual learners.

• Also known as “inverting” a classroom, this approach seeks to preserve the value of lecture (expertise and
custom delivery), while freeing up precious in-person class time for active learning strategies.

• A flipped class is one that inverts the typical cycle of content acquisition and application so that:
• students gain necessary knowledge before class, and

• instructors guide students to actively and interactively clarify and apply that knowledge during class.

• The main goal in flipping a class is to cultivate deeper, richer learning experiences for students when the
instructor is present to coach and guide them.
 Why would you Flip/invert the Classroom?

• Students gain control of the learning process through studying course

material outside of class, using readings, pre-recorded video lectures or

research assignments.

• During class time, instructors facilitate the learning process by helping

students work through course material individually and in groups.

Can/Should every Class be Flipped?
• Yes but not necessary

• Emphasis is on higher-order thinking skills and application to complex

problems.

• Cultivate student engagement through active learning strategies

• Active learning requires students to participate in class, as opposed to

sitting and listening quietly.
Active learning strategies in a Flipped classes

• brief question-and-answer sessions

• discussion integrated into the lecture

• impromptu writing assignments

• hands-on activities and

• experiential learning events.

Why are instructors flipping their class?

• Students learn more deeply.

• Students are more active participants in learning

• Interaction increases and students learn from one another.

• Instructors and students get more feedback.

 Intersection turning movement count
Learning Outcomes

The student should be able to

• design a forms to undertake a traffic count at
an intersection
• Classify vehicles according to the Ghana
Highway Authority vehicle code
• Draw an intersection summary table or chart
• Should be able to identify the various conflicts
at an intersection
• Identify the safety issues at a typical
construction site and recommend appropriate
measures bsed on the GHA Workzone signs
manual
Traffic Signal Design
How to Spend Class Time
• Peer Instruction: Students prepare for class and give instructors feedback
about what they found confusing or difficult. During class, students
experience cycles of mini-lectures interspersed with peer discussion of
conceptual questions that work to elicit, confront, and resolve
misconceptions students may hold.

• Team-based Learning (TBL): Students prepare before class and experience

readiness-assurance quiz over the content at the start of class (first as
individuals and then as a team). Teams get immediate feedback on their
performance while instructors address gaps in understanding via mini-
lectures. Next, teams engage in structured application activities that
conclude with teams simultaneously making a specific choice.
How to Spend Class Time
• Case-based Learning: Students work together in small groups with
guidance from the instructor to analyze the problem and evaluate a
given course of action or decide on one of their own.

• Process-oriented Guided Inquiry Learning: POGIL activities are

designed around the learning cycle where students explore data or
information guided by questions, generate conclusions based on the
data, and apply these concepts in new situations. The activities are
structured to develop process skills, critical thinking, problem solving
and collaboration.
 Areas of application
Engineering
Engineering
• Importing skills from other partners
• Laboratory processes and for instruction
procedures
• Recording the best Lectures for
• Demonstration Videos various disciplines across Africa for
• Design procedures African students by Africans
• Construction • Bringing expertise from practical
industrial sites to the lecture room
• Industrial processes
• Incorporation in Internship design
• Modelling and simulation
• Standardized CPD courses for
professionals
•Thank You
•Merci