Flipping hydraulic and irrigation classes

Abstract

In this paper an educational experience is presented based on the combination of flipped classroom methodology and experiential learning in the following subjects: hydrology and irrigation. The approach has been the development of hosted multimedia tools in the edpuzzle platform for the preparation of master classes and actual management practices of irrigation conducted in the hydraulic and irrigation laboratory. The platform referred allows creating or reusing interactive materials requiring student participation as questions are interspersed in the videos providing a first performance evaluation by the student, valid for designing practices by the teacher and gives information and comparison level for performance evaluation once the practice is made. After viewing videos and answering questions students have done practices in the laboratory with the support material provided by teachers. One advantage of the methodology known as flipped classroom is precisely reducing the time spent on lectures as they are carried through the videos. This gained time can be devoted to  implement the  theoretical knowledge, to  answer questions  and perform laboratory practices. All aimed at achieving meaningful learning. In the end, students have undergone an evaluation process linked to the initial assessment collected from audiovisual material. Experience has shown the validity of the methodology, its ability to provide useful information for the physical design of the practice and for the master classes by the teacher and an improvement in the potential use of practices by the students involved.