Designing engagement is both the most challenging and the most rewarding part of creating a HyFlex course. Learner choice, equivalency, reusability, and accessibility all matter deeply here, because students’ experiences are shaped not only by what content they encounter, but also by how they interact with each other, their instructor, and the broader learning environment. […]
“How Do I Grade This Fairly?” Jordan stared at a spreadsheet of student submissions from their new HyFlex course. Some students had participated in classroom simulations, others submitted video walkthroughs, and a few wrote in-depth asynchronous case analyses. “They’re all showing me what they learned… but in different ways. How do I make sure I’m […]
“Can I Really Make This Work?” Jordan sat at their desk staring at a folder labeled “Intro to Environmental Science – Lecture Notes”. The thought loop had started again. “How am I supposed to turn all this into a HyFlex course? Do I really have to create three versions of everything? One for the classroom, […]
Join us on Thursday, June 26, 2025 online, 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM ET. Hosted by the HyFlex Learning Community and the HyFlex Collaborative at the University at Albany, SUNY. The HyFlex Collaborative is pleased to announce the 2025 annual HyFlex Collaborative Conference on Thursday, June 26, from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM Eastern Standard […]
As educators and students continue adapting to evolving learning environments post-pandemic, the Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) model has emerged as a vital strategy for providing flexible, inclusive, and technology-driven education. In 2024, academic researchers have expanded our understanding of how HyFlex impacts learning outcomes, engagement, and equity across educational settings with many interesting”post-pandemic context” articles. This post […]
As we move toward more personalized, flexible, and engaging learning experiences, as educators we are increasingly adapting models and strategies to meet the needs of today’s learners. Four strong strategies are HyFlex, microlearning, assessment, and gamification. These four strategies come together to reshape how we learn. In this post, we’ll explore how these four elements […]
Many faculty use group projects for short-term (hours) or long-term (weeks or months) complex tasks to help students learn. Beyond supporting content learning, using group projects in HyFlex courses can enhance student engagement and collaboration across different participation modes. This can be challenging since students may not stay in the same participation mode from session […]
The HyFlex Learning Community site and blog is full of information, stories and resources that support the development and implementation of HyFlex courses which offer students the flexibility to choose between in-person, synchronous online, and asynchronous online learning modes. However, we have learned over the years that this flexibility can lead to a unique challenge […]
COVID, COVID, COVID! I was at Tulane when Hurricane Katrina hit. I remember move-in day. We were sending the students home quickly after move-in. We did not know at that time how long the storm disruption would be. Out of it, many of our institutions adopted delivery strategies that prepared us for COVID-19. Post-COVID, you […]
INTRODUCTION The E4 framework is not limited to HyFlex teaching and learning. Helping HyFlex teachers was the motivation to create a framework that would guide the creation of dynamic, student-centered assessments instead of static, single, environment assessments. E4 supports HyFlex learning enviro nments in which students may participate in multiple modes online or in-person. The […]