The Inverted Classroom Model

1 The Instructor as Navigator: Empirical Evidence of the Implementation of the ICM at HAW Hamburg

Christian Decker & Stephan Beier

1.1 Introduction

The Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg) is the third largest University of Applied Sciences in Germany. At HAW Hamburg, curricula of three different bachelor degree programmes include the identical lecture module ‘Investment and Finance’. The three programmes are:

• Foreign Trade/International Management
• Logistics/Technical Business Administration, and
• Marketing/Technical Business Administration

In the summer semester 2013, the Inverted Classroom Model (ICM) was introduced. The implementation of the ICM was accompanied by an empirical research project. The research question to be ...