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Hello, HyFlex Learning Community members!
We hope your winter/spring has started well. Many of us have returned, at least partially, to campus operations and are once again able to serve our students in person as conditions allow. We're also still hearing from many students and faculty that they aren't ready for the classroom experience yet, or at least not like it used to be. As we said last month, we aren't through with this pandemic yet, and it still looks like we'll be living with this for the rest of this academic year, and probably longer in some ways. Even places that only used HyFlex (or similar) approaches to "get through" the pandemic are finding it very difficult to return to their old normal, unsurprisingly. How can we help?
HyFlex "In the News"
This month we highlight two recent News stories that address this very issue of the return to normalcy so many are looking for.
1. From Inside Higher Ed February 6, 2022, by Joshua Kim. "When HyFlex Works" https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/learning-innovation/when-hyflex-works
This blog post explains the value that one academic program realized when they moved to HyFlex delivery. it's nice to read about these cases where HyFlex is a very good fit for the students, faculty, and curriculum. Will we hear more of these stories as we create our new normal? I certainly hope so!
2. From "The Student Life" Feb 10, 2022, the student newspaper of the Claremont Colleges (a group of five schools in Southern California).
https://tsl.news/opinion-the-5cs-should-make-their-courses-hybrid-flexible-this-semester/
The schools want to return to full classroom (only) instruction now, but the students are petitioning and demanding a continuance of flexible (HyFlex) options for Spring. The article explains their rationale and demands for HyFlex options. Will the student voice be enough to change some administrative decisions? One certainly hopes the student voice is part of the decision-making process.
Wondering what the research says about HyFlex efficacy and other measures? You can find about 120 publications (2007-2022) about HyFlex design, implementation, and evaluation at https://www.hyflexlearning.org/bibliography
Mailing List Feature
We recently added an email list for those wishing to send messages to others in the HyFlex Learning Community who have signed up for the list. This should be a useful tool for us to use to ask and answer questions and share resources and stories of practice in a less formal manner than the discussion forums and blog comments. To subscribe to the list, visit Join our Mailing List to enter your name and email address.
Gathering to discuss "Barriers to HyFlex Adoption" on February 28, 2022
Our next webinar takes place on Monday, February 28, 2022, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Pacific Time. We’ll use this time to discuss common barriers to HyFlex adoption many of us have experienced and some have overcome or solved. Bring your stories, questions, and ideas, ready to share. If you’d like to participate, register at Eventbrite: https://bit.ly/3GGTzdH, and you’ll receive an email with a link to the webinar on February 28.
HyFlex Course Design Workshop March 21-25, 2022
Our next HyFlex Course Design workshop is happening March 21-25, 2022. This fully online workshop is hosted in our own LMS site, is facilitated by several members of the HLC team, and consists of five 90-minute synchronous sessions throughout the week, supported by online resources and asynchronous discussion activities each day. Fully asynchronous participation is also supported. Participants can earn up to two HyFlex Learning badges for workshop activities and the completion of all assignments.
For a full description and the opportunity to enroll, visit https://www.hyflexlearning.org/workshops/ If you'd like information on how to register groups or pay for registration other than with a credit card, please contact us at hyflexlearning@gmail.com
HyFlex Learning Blog Posts
We've been busy launching our respective new academic terms, facilitating workshops, launching HyFlex Learning badges for workshop participation, and working on a new HyFlex Design certificate program (soon to be announced), so no new blog posts since last month. You can view and search the entire blog here: https://www.hyflexlearning.org/blog/ |
