Flip & Slack - Active Flipped Classroom Learning with Collaborative Slack Interactions

Abstract

Active flipped classroom learning is stipulated with faculty structuring the activities involving constructive interactions, either formal or informal. Sharing ideas and responding to ideas improve the cognitive skills of the students. Encouraging peers to contribute to class activities and respecting peers contribute to the development of affective skills. We present an integrated platform for cognitive and affective skills development. A flipped classroom arrangement allows the faculty to focus more on in-class activities such as programming and lab exercises to support active learning in computing courses. We share the design of an innovative flipped classroom model integrated with Slack and present the design principles applied to emphasize cognitive and affective skills development through flip-slack model. We evaluate the model on the second-year computing course, Web Application Development II. We share the findings of this case study by analyzing student feedback and their grades.