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.
Latest Community Gathering took place on November 4, 2024: Our most recent webinar took place on Monday, November 4, 2024. Our topic was “Assessing in HyFlex in a World with GenAI”. Glori Hinck, senior instructional designer at the University of St. Thomas explained the changes to assessment practices and expectations in HyFlex courses due to the growing use of GenAI tools and services. The recording is available at https://www.hyflexlearning.org/gathering-archives/ along with all the HLC Gathering recordings from the past few years.
The Third HyFlex Collaborative Conference is planned for June, 2025. 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). Full conference information will be available soon at https://aatlased.org/hyflex-collaborative/hyflex-collaborative-conference/ Please plan on joining us for this gathering to share best practices, current research, and discuss future directions in flexible learning.
HyFlex Course Design Synchronous Workshop: Our next synchronous workshop is scheduled for January 6-10, 2025. If you are interested in the details, see the HyFlex Learning Workshops page. 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
The HyFlex Course Design Workshop is also 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. We still offer the Synchronous HyFlex Course Design Workshop, too. The next synchronous workshop will be scheduled for January 2025. Custom workshops can be requested anytime. Please see the HyFlex Workshops page or Contact us for more information.
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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Do you have questions? So do others. Review our Frequently Asked Questions with brief answers.
Watch and listen to a simple explanation of the HyFlex approach.
Monthly Gathering Online: Our latest webinar was on Monday, November 4, 2024 focused on “assessment in HyFlex in a World with GenAI. Recording is available at https://www.hyflexlearning.org/gathering-archives/ along with all the HLC Gathering recordings from the past few years.
Suggest a topic: If you’d like to suggest a topic for an upcoming webinar, please use the “Suggest a topic” forum linked here: Suggest a topic for an upcoming HyFlex Learning Community gathering (webinar).March4
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: Our next synchronous workshop is scheduled for January 6-10, 2025. To register, select the HyFlex Course Design Synchronous Workshop item in the HyFlex Learning Store at https://hyflexlearning.info Discounts are available for groups of five or more. Questions? Please Contact us for more information.
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.
