Originally posted on June 29, 2011 by Brian Beatty Another semester of HyFlex is completed in my core teaching class, ITEC 801. This semester I ran two sections combined into one large course section. One section was listed as “online” and the other as a traditional class. Students in both sections could attend the f2f session once a […]
Originally posted on June 18, 2011 by Brian Beatty Sloan-C just finished another HyFlex Course Design workshop this past week (June 2011), with over 20 professionals who are using HyFlex courses or interested in beginning to use HyFlex courses in their teaching or instructional design work. We’ve been offering these workshops for several years, and the discussion that takes […]
Originally posted on May 17, 2011 by Brian Beatty Who is responsible for student learning? Teacher? University or School? Student? Parent? Sponsors? We all know it depends greatly on the situation, and that responsibility for learning is shared among all the stakeholders. In graduate education, those stakeholders are primarily three: student, teacher, and school/program (curriculum control). One way […]
Originally posted on May 3, 2011 by Brian Beatty Well, if you have a HyFlex class, you can simply require all your students to meet online for that session. This works well if they all have network access, the tools and ability to participate in the online mode, and the time to do so. In our graduate program, […]
Originally posted on March 22, 2011 by Brian Beatty This question has been an important one I’ve been thinking about since beginning this journey five years ago. And the answer to the question may not be an easy one or one I want to look long and hard at … what if HyFlex disadvantages certain students, or groups […]
Originally posted on February 22, 2011 by Brian Beatty Here is a summary of the last set of posts. First Adopters, or Techies: (Developers/discoverers of innovative practices) Risk tolerance: Very high General message: “This is new, and it may apply to your field or work!” HyFlex context: Faculty member or Academic Technology staff support person develops the capacity to teach both online […]
Originally posted on February 10, 2011 by Brian Beatty In most social organizations there is a small group of people who simply refuse to change their practices from the way they’ve always done something, even when the majority of their “peers” have adopted a new way. This group is the non-adopters, “Laggards” or “Skeptics,” and most of them will […]
Originally posted on February 4, 2011 by Brian Beatty The second, and last, majority group in most social organizations to adopt an innovation is called the “Late Majority.” You’ve probably heard the term “better late than never,” and that perfectly describes this group’s adoption timing. Late majority adopters are often the more conservative people in the organization, at […]
Originally posted on January 25, 2011 by Brian Beatty The adoption of an innovative practice within a social system begins with the initial “discovery” or development of a new way to do things that adds value to an organization. The “First Adopters” fulfill the role of explorers, finding new ways to carry out the core practices of the […]
Originally posted on January 18, 2011 by Brian Beatty In my previous post I described the role of “First Adopters” – the techies – in the diffusion of innovation process applied to HyFlex teaching and learning. Their role is to find new ways to help students learn and faculty teach, with or without technology, without much regard to […]