An Effectiveness Study on the Class Lecture in an Epub3 Ebook-Based Flip Blended Learning Model

Abstract

In e-Learning, the flip blended learning model is commonly used to provide students with learning contents inside/outside classrooms. It encourages students to preview learning contents at their own pace outside classrooms before the class lecture. Thereafter, student-centric actions are taken inside classrooms in the lecture with instructions/helps from the teacher. An important issue about its success is the effectiveness review of a class lecture to explore its possible weaknesses. In addition, for an ePUB3 eBook-based flip blended learning model, ePUB3 eBooks are used in the model for students to access learning contents during the class lecture. The embedded ePUB3 track and test functions in these eBooks can be applied for tracking students' in-lecture accesses on these eBooks and examining their post-lecture learning outcomes. As such, the teacher can review the effectiveness of the class lecture to explore its possible weaknesses. In this paper, we explore such a study on the effectiveness of class lectures via ePUB3 track and test functions in an ePUB3 eBook-based flip blended learning model. For illustration, this study is applied to an academic 'Script Writing' course and respective discussions are presented for showing its usefulness.