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Quick Introduction to HYBRID COURSES

Quick Introduction to HYBRID COURSES. Course Design Teaching Tips Advantages and Disadvantages. Course Design. Start early with course redesign. Focus on course goals/objectives, not technology. Determine if it works best Onsite or Online. Blend!. 1. Start Early.

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Quick Introduction to HYBRID COURSES

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  1. Quick Introduction to HYBRID COURSES Course Design Teaching Tips Advantages and Disadvantages

  2. Course Design • Start early with course redesign. • Focus on course goals/objectives, not technology. • Determine if it works best Onsite or Online. • Blend!

  3. 1. Start Early • Provide substantial amount of lead time to migrate your traditional course to hybrid format. • suggested = one semester • Use TAC Hybrid Certification Workshops to work on yourcourse.

  4. 2. Prioritize Course Goals and Objectives, Not Technology • Start with your Course Content Summary goals and objectives. • Redesign your learning objectives one assignment at a time, according to what works well online and/or onsite for you.

  5. 3. Redesign: Online or Onsite? • Experiment in a live traditional class: • Test out which assignments work better online or onsite at least one semester in advance. • Examples: • Are your lectures better live or in PowerPoint? • Will your students do better Peer Reviews if they are in person with eye contact/body language or they are online with more time to think and write?

  6. 4. Blend! • Design course content learning activities to be interwoven online and onsite. • Create blending that increases students’ sense of continuity through sequence of logical steps. • Avoid assigning online work that seems “tacked on.”

  7. 4. Blend! • Organically blend materials and activities. • Examples Begin new unit onsite and continue next step of instruction with online activity, or vice versa. Ex: Onsite lecture introduces content. Follow up with Online discussion forum for student feedback.Ex: Online reading + partner discussion. Follow up with Onsite quiz.

  8. Teaching Tips • Don’t Procrastinate! • Teach Technology to Students. • Anticipate Student Problems.

  9. 1. Do Not Procrastinate! • Be prompt with feedback to students. • Don’t let online assignments-to-be-graded stack up. • Tweak problems in your Blackboard site as you become aware of them.Don’t wait until later.

  10. 2. Teach Technology to Students • Teach technology orientation on first day or two of class. • Walk your students through online discussions in class.

  11. 3. Anticipate Student Problems • First day of class – establish your expectations, policies, online attendance. • Explain difference between hybrid and traditional course.

  12. 3. Anticipate Student Problems • Explain importance of online portion of course. • Repeat how important online portion of course is! • Contact immediately students who are not doing online work.

  13. Advantages/Disadvantages – for Instructors • Course Redesign gives fresh perspective on content • Learn new technologies • Get to know students in a different way online • Increase in student participation • Big time commitment to development course • Time commitment in grading/running course • Technology frustrations • Less face-to-face contact Advantages Disadvantages

  14. Advantages/Disadvantages – for Students • Provides different formats for learning; learning may be “deeper,” higher quality • More interactivity w/instructor & classmates • Flexibility for busy schedules • Lower transportation costs • Perceptions that Hybrids are easier • Perception of lower quality education • Technology trouble • Poor time management can be a problem ~some material from Denise Ogden, Penn State, Lehigh Advantages Disadvantages

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