Guidelines for Group Projects in a HyFlex Course

Many faculty use group projects for short-term (hours) or long-term (weeks or months) complex tasks to help students learn. Beyond supporting content learning, using group projects in HyFlex courses can enhance student engagement and collaboration across different participation modes. This can be challenging since students may not stay in the same participation mode from session […]

Community learning is not just for students

COVID, COVID, COVID! I was at Tulane when Hurricane Katrina hit. I remember move-in day. We were sending the students home quickly after move-in. We did not know at that time how long the storm disruption would be.  Out of it, many of our institutions adopted delivery strategies that prepared us for COVID-19. Post-COVID, you […]

Self-paced Instruction: 3-Steps for Transitioning to HyFlex workshop

This blog post provides an overview of the new self-paced workshop, 3-Steps for Transitioning to HyFlex. In addition, the advantages and disadvantages of self-paced learning are highlighted. Why self-paced learning is a good fit for teacher training is also included in this blog post. Rolling enrollment registration starts now. Workshops open May 1, 2023. Complete […]

Flexible Grading: Six Steps to Ungrading Your Courses

         Flexible course attendance has become an increasingly desirable option for students seeking more autonomy in how they participate in lecture and learning activities. As more blended and HyFlex courses are offered, students expect more flexibility across the course, specifically in graded activities (Adams et.al, 2021) Evaluative strategies, such as ungrading, have emerged as innovative […]

Course Awareness in HyFlex: Managing unequal participation numbers

How do you teach a HyFlex course when the number of students in various participation modes is very unequal? How do you teach one student in a mode – often in the classroom? Conversely, you could ask how do you teach 50 asynchronous students with very few in the synchronous mode(s)? Answers will vary greatly […]

HyFlex By Any Other Name Is Just As Sweet

Last week I came across this article by Perry Samson in the Educause Review Students Often Prefer In-Person Classes . . . Until They Don’t and I was surprised to find out that the article was about a professor using the HyFlex approach (the three choice HyFlex approach of asynch, synch, and in person) without […]

Using Backchannel Communications to Support HyFlex Teaching and Learning

What is backchannel communication? You have been part of a backchannel communication if you have participated in a Twitter feed during a conference presentation or used Zoom chat in a synchronous Zoom session. The term backchannel was first used by Victor Yngve (1970), a professor of linguistics, to describe the concept of two simultaneous communication […]

To Reuse or Not to Reuse?

I get that one of the benefits of HyFlex courses is that you can reuse course material but I struggle with this. I like to personalize my material based on the current students and for me, that’s most organically done by creating new material for each cohort. I tailor lessons based on their interests and customize […]