Exploring the Potential of Short Videos in Flipped

With the outbreak of COVID-19, external communication has been greatly restricted, which also indirectly affects the international communication of students in this major. At the same time, short videos represented by TikTok created the sensation all over the world, providing students with opportunities to broaden their knowledge to some extent. Based on the concept of flipped learning, the reasonable application of short video to the training of students majoring in travel management is an important issue that must be discussed and thought about in the post-epidemic era. This study carried out a two-month flipped learning based on short video for the junior students of the department of Tourism Management in a university, Taipei. After the teaching, 10 students were selected as volunteers for in-depth interview. According to the analysis of interview materials, the research found that: 1. Compared with text materials, the length and audio-visual of short videos can help stimulate students’ interest in learning and improve their learning results. 2. Due to the limitation of its own time, the application of short video in flipped teaching cannot be separated from the explanation and supplement of teachers and other learning materials; 3. The use of short video in flipped learning runs through the whole process of pre-class preview and in-class learning, integrating students’ learning behaviors into a whole, which is conducive to the cultivation of students’ lifelong learning literacy.