Hello and welcome to the HyFlex Learning Community. We are a community of educators working together to improve student access to high-quality and equitable learning by using Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) learning environments. HyFlex learning experiences are available in the classroom or online, and support students in choosing which participation mode is best for them.
Together, we’re building the Hybrid-Flexible future for our current students and those to come.
View our community information and other resources through the links below, using the menu at the top of the page, or selecting a recent blog post from the side panel.
Our next community gathering will be held on June 18, 2025. Our next webinar will continue the series, GenAI to Support HyFlex Course and Program Design. The second session introduces and explores our custom GPT for content planning in a HyFlex course or program, HyFlex Content Planning (freely available in the OpenAI GPT Store). This GPT takes your planning beyond simple content provision to areas such as students creating content for learning in all modes. And what about GenAI “created” content? What role does that play? And how can we plan for that? We will share access to this GPT during the webinar so those participants with an OpenAI account for ChatGPT (free or paid) can experiment with the GPT as we discuss and then continue afterward. Please join us on June 18! Register to receive the webinar link via email: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hyflex-learning-community-gathering-june-2025-registration-1392902842899
After June 18, you can review this webinar with all the other Gatherings on the Gathering Archives page.
HyFlex Collaborative Conference 2025!
Thursday, June 26, 2025.
Save the date and plan to attend and present your work with HyFlex. Details (links to conference information, agenda, call for proposals, and registration) available here: https://www.hyflexlearning.org/hyflex-collaborative-conference/
Workshops!
1. New in Summer 2025! Join us for a one-week, flexible, hands-on workshop for faculty and instructional designers focused on the use of AI in course design, development, and teaching in any course mode – not just HyFlex.
Designing on the Edge: Teaching Smarter with AI
Whether you’re teaching a course or supporting someone who is, AI tools are rapidly changing how we design, deliver, and improve learning experiences. This hands-on, one-week workshop is designed for both faculty and instructional designers who want to explore how generative AI and other AI-powered tools can enhance content creation, student engagement, and all forms of assessment.
Over the course of a week (longer if needed), through live or on-demand sessions, guided activities, and collaborative design time, you’ll explore real use cases, like building custom GPTs for teaching or planning, reworking learning activities with AI tools, and tackling common course design challenges more efficiently. Workshop sessions and follow-on activities will help you design and create content, support student learning, and rethink assessment strategies. Three live Zoom sessions will be offered during the workshop, but everything can also be completed on your own schedule.
By the end of the workshop, you’ll have created something to use and share (if you want): a custom GPT, an AI-powered activity, or a redesigned course element with learning in mind.
You can find this workshop in the HyFlex Learning Store at https://hyflexlearning.info . Questions? Please see the HyFlex Workshops page or Contact us for more information. And yes, we can arrange for custom dates and times for groups of five or more.
2. The HyFlex Course Design Workshop is available for fully asynchronous completion (start anytime and complete at your own pace). Select the HyFlex Course Design – Asynchronous item in the HyFlex Learning Store at https://hyflexlearning.info . Questions? Please see the HyFlex Workshops page or Contact us for more information.
If you are interested in a synchronous version of this workshop for groups of participants (five or more), please Contact us for more information.
3. The 3-Steps for Transitioning to HyFlex workshop is also available as a “start anytime” fully asynchronous learning experience. See the Workshops and Support Services section below for more information.
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Our next community gathering will be held on June 18, 2025. Our next webinar will continue the series, GenAI to Support HyFlex Course and Program Design. The second session introduces and explores our custom GPT for content planning in a HyFlex course or program, HyFlex Content Planning (freely available in the OpenAI GPT Store). This GPT takes your planning beyond simple content provision to areas such as students creating content for learning in all modes. And what about GenAI “created” content? What role does that play? And how can we plan for that? We will share access to this GPT during the webinar so those participants with an OpenAI account for ChatGPT (free or paid) can experiment with the GPT as we discuss and then continue afterward. Please join us on June 18! Register to receive the webinar link via email: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hyflex-learning-community-gathering-june-2025-registration-1392902842899
After June 18, you can review this webinar with all the other Gatherings on the Gathering Archives page.
Suggest a topic: If you’d like to suggest a topic for an upcoming webinar, or perhaps a different time that works better for your location, please contact us at hyflexlearning@gmail.com or use the “Suggest a topic” forum linked here: Suggest a topic for an upcoming HyFlex Learning Community gathering (webinar)
HyFlex Course Design Workshop:
New! Asynchronous participation is available for start anytime and can be completed at your own pace. To register, select the HyFlex Course Design – Asynchronous item in the HyFlex Learning Store at https://hyflexlearning.info . Questions? Please Contact us for more information.
Synchronous Workshop: Synchronous version of the HyFlex Course Design Workshop is available for groups of five or more. Questions? Please Contact us for more information and to discuss scheduling.
3-Steps for Transitioning to HyFlex Workshop: Now available as a fully asynchronous experience, with open enrollment (start anytime)!
If you are interested in details about workshop content, see the HyFlex Learning Workshops page. To register and purchase an enrollment for the workshop, visit the HyFlex Learning store (Shopify site): https://hyflexlearning.info/ If you’d like to discuss a custom workshop or a cohort workshop for your institution (with permission to reuse locally) please contact us: Contact
Speaking Engagements: Our experts are available to speak to leadership teams, faculty development groups, or at special events, such as institutional or system-level meetings, hosted webinars, conference keynotes, and more. For a list of recent presentations, see the Speaking Engagements page. If you are interested in arranging a speaking engagement with one or more of our team members, please complete a Contact request to start our conversation.
Consulting Services: We’re also available for instructional design consultation with individuals or teams working on HyFlex program design, implementation, evaluation, and research. If you are interested in discussing a consultation with one or more of our ID-focused team members, please complete a Contact request to start our conversation.is
Mailing List: We provide an email list for those wishing to send messages to others in the HyFlex Learning Community who have signed up for the list. This is a useful tool for us to use to share current news and ask/answer questions in a less formal manner than the discussion forums and blog comments. To subscribe to the list, visit Join our listserv mailing list! to enter your name and email address.
Newsletter: We send out a monthly newsletter with updates on HyFlex in the News, Recent Blog posts, professional development opportunities and general commentary on our current HyFlex experiences. Archived newsletters are available in the “Newsletter Archives” in the Resources menu. To subscribe to receive the newsletter (monthly publishing) via email, use the Newsletter Subscription form in the same Resources menu area.
Forums: We provide discussion forums for our community to share resources, discuss approaches, and ask and answer current questions. Forums are available for HyFlex Learning Community members, so please join with us and make your voice heard! The Forum can be found in the Community menu area. Direct link: https://www.hyflexlearning.org/forum/
Latest forum: Assessment in HyFlex Courses
How is assessment different in HyFlex courses? Can we follow the HyFlex design principles with our assessment approaches? How? What do you do to assess student learning, support student self-evaluation of learning, and learn how well your instructional approaches are working? This is a place to discuss all things assessment related. Note: You must be a logged-in member of the HLC to view forum content.
Hybrid-Flexible Course Design book: Two new Case Report (Unit III) chapters added! See https://edtechbooks.org/hyflex/hyflex_cases for the full list of case reports.
Available free to everyone, “The HyFlex Book” provides an explanation of many aspects of HyFlex course design and implementation and the strategic rationale for this approach. Hosted at EdTechBooks.org, this book has won several industry awards and has been read by hundreds of thousands of teachers, designers, and administrators around the world. The book includes many case studies of HyFlex implementation in a variety of education settings in many countries. Direct link to book: Hybrid-Flexible Course Design
Bibliography of HyFlex Research: New! Updated for 2022-2023 with almost 100 additional entries. We provide a listing of the professional articles, Master’s theses, and doctoral dissertations that address HyFlex teaching and learning – the ones we know about. This list is updated frequently and provides direct links to entries when possible. Visit the Bibliography in the Resources menu or through this direct link.
Student Support and Design Review “Community Works in Progress”: The HyFlex Learning Community has started two support documents; shared Google docs with open access for editing and download for members. Student choice: How should I participate today? provides suggestions for explaining the HyFlex options you provide and how students can make a good choice among these options that will support their learning. HyFlex Course Quality Review provides suggestions for a supplementary course quality review rubric that can work with your current online course quality review rubric to support a quality assurance process.
Both documents are accessible to community members and are open for editing for continuous development and improvement.
Read more about the team overseeing this community site by visiting the About Us page.
Talk to us! We appreciate hearing your comments and suggestions. Use the Contact form to send those to us, or join the conversation in blog comments or discussion forums.
