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Comparison of Four Flipped Classroom Implementations in a Civil Engineering Curriculum during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Changing How We Teach: Flipping, Project-Based Learning, and More!

Page Count

23

DOI

10.18260/1-2--40974

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https://peer.asee.org/40974

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483

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Kevin McMullen United States Military Academy

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Kevin McMullen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Connecticut. His research interest areas include bridge engineering, protective structures, and engineering education.

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David Carlson United States Military Academy

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Major David Carlson is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. He was commissioned as an Engineer Officer from the U.S. Military Academy in 2010 with a bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering. He earned a Master of Science Degree in Environmental Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri in 2014. He also earned a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana in 2019. Major Carlson is a licensed Professional engineer in the state of Missouri. He has served in a variety of Engineering and Combat units with varying leadership roles. His research interests include construction management and lean construction.

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Brad Davis United States Military Academy

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Jes Barron United States Military Academy

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Jes Barron is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from West Point (2009), a Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma State University (2015), and a Master of Science degree in Underground Construction and Tunnel Engineering from Colorado School of Mines (2018). He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas. His research interests include underground construction, tunnel engineering, engineering mechanics, engineering education, productivity, and creativity.

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Brock Barry United States Military Academy

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Dr. Brock E. Barry is the Director of Civil Engineering and Professor of Engineering Education in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point where he has been part of the faculty since 2009. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Barry spent 10 years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects throughout the United States. He is a licensed professional engineer. Dr. Barry's passion is teaching the Army's future engineers. He was recognized for his remarkable teaching with the American Society for Engineering Education 2020 National Outstanding Teaching Award.

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Jakob Bruhl United States Military Academy

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Abstract

Due to the public health policies put into place by institutions in response to the international COVID-19 pandemic, many engineering educators were required to implement alternative pedagogies into their courses. The flipped classroom was viewed by many educators as a method to continue to teach within the constraints created by the pandemic. At its most fundamental form, a flipped class moves activities, which commonly take place in-person, outside of the classroom by providing students with alternative educational resources. Students are expected to engage in these activities prior to attending class which allows students to use the valuable in-person class periods to complete example problems and study advanced topics in a collaborative and creative learning environment. In the 2021 academic year, the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy implemented the flipped classroom into four undergraduate civil engineering courses: Mechanics of Materials, Hydrology and Hydraulic Design, Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, and Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures. The objective of this study is to evaluate the approach taken by each individual course to implement the flipped classroom pedagogy. The design of the four courses varied based on the execution of asynchronous content out-of-class, schedule for in-person learning, and delivery of graded assessments. The impact of each flipped course design was determined by comparing the results to historical student performance, the time spent by the students on out-of-class activities, and anecdotical feedback from both the instructors and students. The results of the study confirmed a more deliberate design approach is required than simply rearranging the order of learning activities to effectively execute a flipped course.

McMullen, K., & Carlson, D., & Davis, B., & Barron, J., & Barry, B., & Bruhl, J. (2022, August), Comparison of Four Flipped Classroom Implementations in a Civil Engineering Curriculum during the COVID-19 Pandemic Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--40974

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