While flipped learning has attempted to explain the benefits of technology applied to educational settings, this study aims to validate research questions and test the theory of the learning strategies in flipped learning. A self-designed questionnaire, consisting of 17 critical indicators of online self-regulation, project-based learning and 5-competence development, was administered to collect data from 87 college students in China. The partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyze the relative factors. The results indicated that an integrated model, combin...