Mixed Learning Strategies on Combining Horizontal Blended Learning with Flipped Classroom

In Thailand, blended learning was introduced to be the strategy for teaching management during the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Therefore, the proposed combined model of horizontal blended learning with flipped classroom was designed to help the lecturers to organize the online teaching for their students. The idea is to focus on two event activities, one is the self-learning through the LMS and another is the wrapped-up lecture by the facilitator. The 30% of activities are the face-to-face class organized for the formative assessment with the students. Additionally, the class is conducted in both synchronous and asynchronous modes. The case study is conducted with the Information Technology students who enrolled in the Introduction to Cloud Computing course. As the results, the proposed teaching model can enhance the students’ knowledge retention more than those of the traditional classroom with the t-Test analysis show its significance of Pvalue at $0.014 \lt 0.05$. The attitude tests of the students can confirm that the proposed model is suitable for a disruptive situation like the COVID-19 pandemic.