Implementing a flipped classroom model to teach an introductory musical acoustics course

Abstract

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and our institution's response to the emergency, our musical acoustics course was delivered exclusively online for a full academic year, followed by a semester where only the lab component was in-person. A library of videos was developed to provide this course online. The videos contained the lecture content for the entire course. A flipped class model was adopted upon returning the course to a face-to-face modality. Students were assigned to watch the videos of class lecture material at home instead of expecting to hear that material presented in the classroom. Classtime was exclusively reserved for laboratory activities, answering student questions, and applying concepts covered in the videos to problems in preparation for class assessments. The benefits and challenges of this course delivery method will be addressed.