Professor Freddy Rivera presented his doctoral thesis titled "Flipped classroom with emerging technologies in virtual environments in Universidad Politecnica Salesiana (UPS)", where he presents an educational model that moves part or most of the traditional teaching that occurs in the classroom, outside of the classroom in order to optimize the interactions between professors and students who are supported by emerging technologies. 

The research responds to new educational demands at UPS in order to use technologies that meet current needs. The research was carried out with the help of Andres Garcia, professor at Universidad de la Habana. The project is about a teaching – learning process of collaboration between students for more effective learning. 

As Rivera explains, "emerging technologies and, in particular, those related to information and communication technologies open a range of possibilities for the development of the flipped classroom, such as: BYOD, Cloud Computing, YouTube, Podcasts, Augmented Reality and virtual, Gamification, etc."

This model was evaluated positively during one semester in the subject of Electrical Circuits II and is favorable to generate learning, as it leads students to understand that teaching is part of themselves, not a master class, so they have the responsibility and autonomy to learn.