Flipping Unplugged: An Experience Report

This Research-To-Practice Full Paper discusses the use of the flipped classroom format. Within the CS community, numerous papers discussing the use of flipped classrooms have appeared in recent years. We discuss the use of flipped classroom techniques without requiring the use of modern digital technology. We argue that the principal goals of flipped classrooms do not a priori require such technologies, and that instructors should not feel limited by a lack of access to technology when considering flipped classroom designs. This paper gives an experience report regarding the use of “unplugged” flipped classroom techniques in a computing history and ethics course over the last ten years.