Examining the opportunities and challenges of using online flipped classrooms in Degree Apprenticeships

Degree Apprenticeships (DA) are relatively new programmes of study in the UK Higher Education that aim to help employees achieve a university degree and progress their career. While these programmes are quite promising in boosting regional economies and there is lot of research in the area of relevant policies, little is known about the pedagogical approaches that could be used to support this unique type of students. The current developmental paper reviews the literature in the area of Flipped Classroom (FC) and tries to understand whether such a model could be effective in the case of DA students, especially in a fully online environment. It concludes with an overview of a re-designed DA module that follows the online FC approach, along with suggestions about the methodology that can be used to answer the research question.