Category: Research

Meta-Analysis of HyFlex Education Strategies Long-term Impact (Part 1)

Defining HyFlex, Research•by Jeanne Samuel•Posted April 10, 2024•0 Comment(s)

What is HyFlex? If you are reading this post on the HyFlex Learning Community (HLC) website, you probably already know that HyFlex education strategies, the combining of online and onsite learning modalities, continue to gain attention. HyFlex is a strategy or framework that is not limited to classroom technology. When I consider HyFlex, I think pedagogical design and delivery plus the necessary technology to implement it in an equitable way across offered student participation modes. Remember […]

Student Perspectives on Flexibility, Choice, and Equity – the 2023 EDUCAUSE Student Survey Report

Accessibility, Alternatives, Equity, Research, Student Experience, Technology•by Brian Beatty•Posted August 31, 2023•0 Comment(s)

EDUCAUSE released the 2023 Students and Technology Report: Flexibility, Choice, and Equity in the Student Experience in August 2023. The report highlights and access to the full report is available at: https://library.educause.edu/resources/2023/8/2023-students-and-technology-report-flexibility-choice-and-equity-in-the-student-experience Almost 2000 students from 10 U.S. institutions of higher learning responded to the survey this year. The introduction to the report sets the […]

The HyFlex Collaborative Conference- Past and Future

Research•by Jerry Rivera-Wilson•Posted August 31, 2023•0 Comment(s)

The first-ever HyFlex Collaborative Conference, “Designing a Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) Future for ALL K-12 Students and Adult Learners,” was held on June 25-26, 2023. In keeping with the spirit of the fundamental HyFlex principles, the conference was delivered asynchronously and synchronously online. All presentations were recorded and made available to participants for up to three months […]

Announcing the first-ever HyFlex Collaborative Conference!

Defining HyFlex, Research•by Brian Beatty•Posted February 2, 2023•0 Comment(s)

Join us on June 26, 2023 onsite at the University at Albany, New York or online. This conference is a collaboration between the HyFlex Learning Community and a team of educators from AATLAS, at the School of Education at the University at Albany (SUNY) and Hunter College (CUNY). The Call for Proposals has been released, registration […]

Can Flexibility Help Maintain Enrollments?

Research, Strategy•by Glori Hinck•Posted October 11, 2022•0 Comment(s)

Many institutions are looking to HyFlex delivery as a way to increase or maintain declining enrollments. During the spring of 2022, Edge Research and HCM Strategists (2022) and the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation partnered to conduct focus groups and an online survey of 1675 high school graduates who never attended or who dropped out […]

HyFlex By Any Other Name Is Just As Sweet

Choosing a Mode, Faculty Experience, Research, Student Experience, Teaching•by David Rhoads•Posted June 6, 2022•3 Comment(s)

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 […]

Just released! Hybrid-Flexible Course Design – an “open” book describing HyFlex design efforts

Defining HyFlex, HyFlex Principles, Research•by Brian Beatty•Posted October 23, 2019•0 Comment(s)

Just released October 23, 2019 at AECT 2019 Convention in Las Vegas – an open access book summarizing years of practice (aka design research) into combining online and classroom college students in the same classes, and turning control over participation decisions to students. Special thanks to many collaborators over the years, and especially to our […]

Hybrid Flexible Course and Program Design: Models for Student-Directed Hybrids

Faculty Experience, Research•by Brian Beatty•Posted April 6, 2016•0 Comment(s)

Originally posted on April 6, 2016 by Brian Beatty On April 21, 2016, I will be joined by six colleagues on a panel presentation describing the hybrid flexible (HyFlex, in my terms) approaches our respective institutions are implementing to meet the specific needs and desires of our constituents. Here I provide a brief summary from the panel presentation […]