Combining flipped classroom, project-based learning, and formative assessment strategies in engineering studies

This paper presents a methodology that encourages and fosters proactive student participation in individual and collaborativelearning. The methodology combines Flipped Classroom, Formative Assessment and Continuous Assessment, Project-BasedLearning, and Problem Solving using Simulators strategies, with an integrated teaching and learning system (ITLS), called SIENA.The tool serves to automate some of the processes inherent in the methodology and serves as a bridge across all of the educationalprocess involved. The methodology has been tested in both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Computer Engineeringstudies, the former in a blended learning subject and the last in an on-line subject findings to date have proven positive. Inaddition, we have applied a unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model to ITLS and it has proven to be a usefultool in the learning process.