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How Can I Combine Classroom and Online Instruction for a Hybrid Class?

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by Jessica Santina @ June 30th, 2010 RSS Link Tweet

Question:
I’m a college professor of education, and my university has asked me to teach a hybrid class that combines classroom and online learning. I’ve never taught online before, and I’m just stuck for how to design the class. Can you help me figure out how to combine the online and classroom sections? Any pointers would be appreciated.

Answer:
I can completely understand your anxiety about this! It took me a while to figure out how to merge classroom and online teaching in one course. I can offer a few suggestions:

Discussion questions: Students seem to like this, because it encourages active discussion. You might pose one or two questions on your course website each week, and make it a requirement for students to answer them online. You could do this live, in a synchronous format, or have them post answers ansynchronously.
Scavenger hunts: Ask students to define concepts or find answers to research questions using online tools (websites, databases like ProQuest, etc.), and submit answers to you online. It encourages them to really engage with a wealth of online research tools.
Team projects: You could require teams to produce written or oral projects. The online aspect really enables teams to work together effectively, and requires little active online teaching on your part, except for monitoring online team discussions.
Writing workshops: Having students critique each other’s writing online is nice because it removes some of that fear associated with face-to-face critique, and enables them to speak freely, often for longer than they might in person.

These are just a few online teaching methods I’ve tried that are easy to employ; after your first course, you’ll probably find ways to improve or build out your online components. Good luck!

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