Cast`s Effectiveness on Master Environmental Students’ Learning with Flipped Classroom Method and Its Compare with Current Virtual Education Method in Payame Noor University

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Casts on environmental students’ learning with flipped classroom method and compare with current virtual education method in Payame Noor University. The research method is semi-experimental with pre and posttest in two groups. The statistical population included all virtual master students majoring in environmental education who consisted of 170 students among whom 60 were selected through available sampling, and then were divided into two groups. The research instrument was a researcher-made test consisted of 20 questions whose validity was estimated by some experts and its reliability was measured via Cronbach’s alpha as 0.82. The procedure consisted of 12 sessions with current virtual class for witness group and for the experimental group, gave some podcasts about courses before the session was started and they had exercises and group discussion in class. The collected data were analyzed by SPSSv.22 in both descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Paired t-test and independent t-test). The results showed that there was a significant difference between students’ learning with the podcast education in the flipped classroom method and current virtual education (sig=0.000). Based on the results of this study, it seems that using podcasts in virtual education has a greater impact on students` learning and it is better to include it in the curriculum development of virtual courses.