The HyFlex Learning Community (HLC) is a global community of educators, designers, researchers, and learning professionals committed to creating more flexible, accessible, and learner-centered approaches to education. Our work began with HyFlex learning and continues to be grounded in its core values of learner choice, equitable participation, and thoughtful design across multiple learning pathways.
As we enter a new season of the HLC, our work is expanding. Alongside our continuing focus on HyFlex design and practice, we are exploring the opportunities and challenges created by artificial intelligence for both teaching and learning. This includes the development of AIMON: AI in the Moment of Learning Need, a learning-first approach to considering when and how AI can meaningfully support learners without replacing the thinking, judgment, and human interaction that learning requires.
You’ll see this broader direction reflected across the HLC through new workshops and learning design experiences, resources for educators and designers, community Gatherings, and an evolving annual conference. After four successful years of the HyFlex Collaborative Conference, we are exploring how that event might expand to reflect the wider questions, practices, and possibilities now shaping flexible and AI-supported learning.
Through all of these efforts, the HLC remains a place for experimentation, conversation, and shared learning, connecting people who are trying to design better learning experiences while thoughtfully navigating a rapidly changing educational landscape.
Together, we’re shaping a more flexible, learner-centered future for today’s learners 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.
HyFlex Learning Community Gatherings
Our next community gathering is planned for October 2, 2026.
Please reserve a webinar seat (Zoom box) through our Eventbrite event page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hyflex-learning-community-gathering-october-2026-registration-1999731259027?aff=oddtdtcreator
A New Season for the HLC: HyFlex, AI, and What’s Ahead – October 2, 2026. 9:00-10:00 am PT (12:00-1:00 pm ET)
The HyFlex Learning Community is entering a new season. HyFlex remains at the heart of our work, while the growing opportunities and challenges associated with AI for teaching and learning are opening new directions for exploration, design, and professional learning.
Join us for a community conversation about what may be ahead for the HLC. We’ll introduce AIMON (AI in the Moment of Learning Need), share ideas for new workshops and learning opportunities, and discuss how four successful years of the HyFlex Collaborative Conference might provide a foundation for an expanded one-day summer conference. Most importantly, we want your ideas about what this next season of the HLC could become.
You can review all of our past webinars on the Gathering Archives page.
Check back here in October for exciting news about next year’s summer conference! Our fourth annual HyFlex Collaborative Conference 2026 was a great success (held on June 25, 2026). The next Call for Proposals will be ready in October.
Revised and Refreshed Workshops!
1. Should we use AI in course design? Of course! Join us for a three-session, 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. This workshop is available as an asynchronous start-anytime, finish-anytime resource as well as occasional synchronous offerings.
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 (when synchronous) 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 (though you can take longer if needed), through on-demand recorded sessions, guided activities, and collaborative (when synchronous) online 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 help you design and create content, support student learning, and rethink assessment strategies. Everything can 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 custom synchronous sessions for groups of five or more.
The “Refreshed Classic” HyFlex Course Design Workshop
… is available for both synchronous (regular online meetings) and fully asynchronous completion (start anytime and complete at your own pace).
Synchronous (online Zoom meetings with online follow-up activities)
For the next synchronous opportunity for the HyFlex Course Design Workshop, see the HyFlex Workshops page or Contact us for more information. The next synchronous workshop is scheduled for January 11-15, 2027.
Asynchronous online (start and complete anytime, anywhere)
For the full workshop experience (resources, activities, online discussions) while working on your own time and schedule, look for 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), or to license the asynchronous workshop for your own institution (install and administer locally), please Contact us for more information.
3-Steps for Transitioning to HyFlex
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.
Stay connected!
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Next gathering: A New Season for the HLC: HyFlex, AI, and What’s Ahead
October 2, 2026. 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PT
Please reserve a webinar seat (Zoom box) through our Eventbrite event page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hyflex-learning-community-gathering-october-2026-registration-1999731259027?aff=oddtdtcreator
The HyFlex Learning Community is entering a new season. HyFlex remains at the heart of our work, while the growing opportunities and challenges associated with AI for teaching and learning are opening new directions for exploration, design, and professional learning.
Join us for a community conversation about what may be ahead for the HLC. We’ll introduce AIMON (AI in the Moment of Learning Need), share ideas for new workshops and learning opportunities, and discuss how four successful years of the HyFlex Collaborative Conference might provide a foundation for an expanded one-day summer conference. Most importantly, we want your ideas about what this next season of the HLC could become
You can review all of our previously recorded webinars 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)
AI-Supported Learning Design Workshops
AIMON Learning Design Studio
The AIMON Learning Design Studio is a guided, synchronous professional learning experience for faculty, instructional designers, trainers, and others who want to design thoughtful AI-supported learning around authentic learner needs.
Rather than beginning with an AI tool, participants begin with a course, assignment, workshop, or other learning context and ask: Where do learners need support, and what form of support fits that moment? Using the AIMON: AI in the Moment of Learning Need framework, participants identify a meaningful support opportunity, evaluate whether AI is appropriate, and develop an initial design that preserves learner thinking, agency, access, and human connection.
The Studio combines live facilitated sessions, individual design work, peer feedback, shared resources, and optional one-to-one consultation. It is designed for learning experiences delivered in any mode, not just HyFlex.
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/
Designing on the Edge: Teaching Smarter with AI
Designing on the Edge is a flexible, asynchronous professional learning experience for faculty, instructional designers, trainers, and others who want to explore practical and thoughtful uses of AI in course design, student engagement, assessment, and learning support.
Participants work through examples, hands-on activities, design resources, and discussion opportunities on their own schedule. Along the way, they explore how AI can support explanation, practice, feedback, reflection, engagement, and instructional design, while also considering when human or non-AI support may be the better choice.
The experience uses the AIMON framework to help participants move beyond simply experimenting with AI tools toward identifying meaningful learner needs and developing practical support strategies. Designing on the Edge is available as a start-anytime, finish-anytime experience, with custom synchronous sessions also available for groups.
Both offerings are designed for faculty and instructional designers working in any course or learning mode and can be taken separately or combined for a more extended professional learning experience.
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/
HyFlex Course Design with AI Support Workshop: Asynchronous and Synchronous options
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. Next synchronous workshop is scheduled for January 11-15, 2027. Questions? Please Contact us for more information and to discuss scheduling a custom workshop for your community.
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/
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
Consulting Services and 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. 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.
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.
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 more than 20 case reports from experienced HyFlex faculty and designers.
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
Updated for 2026 with almost 100 additional entries. We provide a listing of more than 300 of the published articles, Master’s theses, and doctoral dissertations that address HyFlex teaching and learning – at least 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 provided 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.
