Flipping The Optometric Classroom With Online Learning.

Background: The flipped classroom is a relatively new teaching modality that is being
employed by teachers and professors of all levels, from high school to graduate school.
By researching flipping the classroom studies at various institutions, this project will
report on the positives and negatives of the modality. In addition, this project will attempt
to connect the studies, and hopefully open the door, to utilizing this teaching style in
optometry schools.
Methods: This report analyzed research that was conducted at various educational levels including Southern College of Optometry, the University of North Carolina College of Pharmacy, undergraduate universities in the subjects of physics and biology, and high school in the subject of mathematics. Each study, although different, employed similar techniques to study the efficacy of flipping the classroom.
Results: The studies analyzed in this paper demonstrated successful results for flipped
classroom techniques.
Conclusions: The studies that were researched demonstrated many positives of flipping the classroom. Although these studies all showed short-term effectiveness of flipping the classroom, it is agreed and a well-known fact that more research is needed in this area. In addition to the research, there are recorded videos covering various topics to be used for future first through fourth year optometry students included at the end of this project.