Flipping the flipped classroom online

The intensification of digital technologies in higher education is prevalent and has become a necessity for current practice on a large scale. In re-acting to the global pandemic, a previous model of the flipped classroom to support 436 pre-service teachers learning required reimagining to facilitate teaching and learning in the online environment. This article reports on the combination of digital instructional tools to engage students in asynchronous and synchronous tasks while implementing the principles of Universal Design for Learning. The HTML5 software package (H5P) was integrated within the online course management system Moodle to promote all students’ flexible and self-directed learning prior to participating in a small group synchronous Zoom class with a Faculty member, using PowerPoint and online apps. The integration of technology into higher education large classrooms and the use of UDL as a framework by academics in designing the curriculum going forward, presents an opportunity to support the affective and cognitive learning of the diverse student population in large classes.