Flipped Classroom Approach: Emerging Applications, Functions, and Barriers

The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of emerging applications in the flipped classroom. The approach used in this research was a qualitative approach and the method of studying thematic content analysis (TCA). Therefore, in this study, using purposive sampling method and semi-structured interview tool, 13 experts and teachers of educational institutions were interviewed. The results showed that applications to enhance and facilitate educational interactions form five categories of communication enhancement applications, interactive-graphic applications, audiovisual facilitating applications, text-digital information applications and educational evaluation applications can be used in flipped classrooms. Based on the research results, the benefits of using these applications can be divided into two categories: educational functions of emerging applications and interactive functions of emerging applications. Barriers to the use of emerging applications in flipped classrooms can also be divided into two categories: technical barriers of emerging applications and human barriers of emerging applications.