Engaging students in the classroom is critical for effective teaching (Yen and Halili, 2015), which can be challenging when faced with a technology-hungry student population (Lineberger, 2007). In fact, the work of Devlin and Samarawickrema (2010) suggests that effective teaching must continually evolve with the contexts in which learning is undertaken. Several teaching approaches can be used to engage students and effectively supplement or enhance lectures -flipped classroom, bring your own device (BYOD), and virtual field trips (Afreen, 2014; Harkess et al., 2007; Long et al., 2017; Roehl et al., 2013). Hence, the objective of this article is to discuss how the flipped classroom, BYOD, and virtual field trip approaches were used to promote and enhance student engagement in Tropical Production Systems (TPSS 300), an undergraduate (TPSS) course at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. From a broader perspective, this article exemplifies how different teaching approaches can be applied to enhance student learning in a variety of learning environments.
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