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title: "Flexible Teaching and Learning Resources"
type: "wiki"
space: "Flexible Course Design"
author: "Ashley Ribbel"
created: 2025-01-15T14:46:48Z
updated: 2025-01-16T20:36:27Z
url: "https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/316/flexible-course-design/wiki/view/22069/flexible-teaching-and-learning-resources"
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# Flexible Teaching and Learning Resources

### Nutshell

Our [Envisioning Your Course Through a Flexible Lens nutshell](https://teachingandlearning.senecapolytechnic.ca/nutshell_hyflex/module01/index.html) is a short self-paced online module that will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

### Key Resources

- Recordings from the [Seneca Symposium on HyFlex Teaching and Learning](https://sites.google.com/view/hyflexsymposium/resources-and-recordings)
- Brian J. Beatty, [Hybrid-Flexible Course Design: Implementing student-directed hybrid classes](https://edtechbooks.org/hyflex) eBook, open access to all
- A very useful resource is [Kevin Kelly’s Google Doc of sample lesson plans](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gokdIjWbfERADiswlUBL4hE81hEnNiEYmBzRUeDfUdk/edit?usp=sharing)

### Watch

Seneca videos:

- [Seneca Flexible Classroom Instructional Video](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/39/the-teaching-learning-centre/videos/ashley.ribbel/instructional/19417/seneca-flexible-classroom-instructional-video) \(Technology focused\)
- [Flexible Teaching Demonstration](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj2thjauik0) at Seneca \(Tech and pedagogy\)

Videos from past Teaching & Learning Centre events:

- [Chart your Own Course to HyFlex Success](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/39/the-teaching-learning-centre/videos/ashley.ribbel/instructional/13979/chart-your-own-course-to-hyflex-success) session recording from *Teaching & Learning Day Winter 2022*
- ["Engaging Students in HyFlex Courses Supporting Access, Equity, and Quality" by Dr. Brian Beatty](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/39/the-teaching-learning-centre/videos/ashley.ribbel/keynote-presentations/14443/-engaging-students-in-hyflex-courses-supporting-access-equity-and-quality-by-dr-brian-beatty) keynote recording from the *Ontario College Symposium on HyFlex Teaching and Learning*, May 2022
- [Fireside Chat with Dr. Brian Beatty](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/39/the-teaching-learning-centre/videos/ashley.ribbel/keynote-presentations/14445/fireside-chat-with-dr-brian-beatty) session recording from the *Ontario College Symposium on HyFlex Teaching and Learning*, May 2022
- ["HyFlex Teaching & Learning: From Pandemic Survival to Moving Ahead Strategically" by Dr. Brian Beatty](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/39/the-teaching-learning-centre/videos/ashley.ribbel/keynote-presentations/18080/-hyflex-teaching-learning-from-pandemic-survival-to-moving-ahead-strategically-by-brian-beatty) from the *Teaching & Learning Summer Conference 2023*

External video:

- The [Hyflex Lab in Action](https://www.youtube.com/embed/zwTdscUPUHo) at University College.

### Listen

- David Rhoads and Bonnie Stachowiak, “[Hyflex Learning](https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/hyflex-learning/)”, Episode 309 of the “Teaching in Higher Ed” Podcast
- David Rhoads and Bonni Stachowiak, “[Misconceptions about HyFlex](https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/misconceptions-about-hyflex/),” Episode 327, Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast.
- Bonni Stachowiak, “[Creating Engaging Asynchronous Activities for HyFlex](https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/hyflex-create-engaging-asynchronous-activities/)”, Episode 351, Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast.
- [HyFlex Course Design Model](https://thinkudl.org/episodes/hyflex-course-design-model-with-brian-beatty), by Brian Beatty, originator of the HyFlex Model, on the ThinkUDL Podcast
- A conversation about HyFlex from an equity lens.  A wonderful podcast with Maha Bali and Alexandra Mihai on “[Teaching Here and There](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-4-staff-development-with-alexandra-mihai-and/id1578123182?i=1000540874973).”
- The Challenge and Promise of Simultaneously Teaching Online and in Person” with Robin DeRosa on the “[Unusually well-informed podcast](https://anchor.fm/unusuallywellinformed/episodes/Robin-DeRosa--HyFlex-Courses---The-Challenge-and-Promise-of-Simultaneously-Teaching-Online-and-In-Person-e1bqv77)”.

### Read \(Theory\)

- [مها بالي](https://hybridpedagogy.org/author/maha/) \(Maha Bali\) and Bard Meier, [An Affinity for Asynchronous Learning](https://hybridpedagogy.org/affinity-asynchronous-learning/)
- Robin DeRosa, [Values Centered Instructional Planning](https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/views/2020/05/13/consistent-mission-aligned-instructional-framework-fall-and-beyond)
- Jesse Stommel, [What is Hybrid Pedagogy?](https://criticaldigitalpedagogy.pressbooks.com/chapter/what-is-hybrid-pedagogy/)
- Kevin Gannon, [Our HyFlex Experiment: What’s worked and what hasn’t](https://www.chronicle.com/article/our-hyflex-experiment-whats-worked-and-what-hasnt)
- Viji Sathy and Kelly A. Hogan, [Want to Reach All of Your Students? Here’s How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive](https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/20190719_inclusive_teaching)
- Edward J. Maloney and Joshua Kim, Inside Higher Ed: [Fall Scenario #13: A HyFlex Model](https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/learning-innovation/fall-scenario-13-hyflex-model)
- Maria Bergstom, Faculty Focus, [Teaching HyFlex: It’s a Genre Problem](https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/teaching-hyflex-its-a-genre-problem/)
- University of South Carolina, Centre for Teaching Excellence, [*The Hyflex Model- An Effective Approach to Teaching with Numerous Modalities*](https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/cte/about/news/2020/hyflex_model.php)

### Read \(Practical Tips\)

- EDUCAUSE, [7 Thinks You Should Know about the HyFlex Course Model](https://library.educause.edu/resources/2020/7/7-things-you-should-know-about-the-hyflex-course-model)
- Columbia University’s Center for Teaching and Learning Hyflex page: [Hybrid/HyFlex Teaching & Learning](https://ctl.columbia.edu/resources-and-technology/teaching-with-technology/teaching-online/hyflex/)
- Kevin Kelly, [*COVID-19 Planning for Fall 2020: A Closer Look at Hybrid-Flexible Course Design*](https://philonedtech.com/covid-19-planning-for-fall-2020-a-closer-look-at-hybrid-flexible-course-design/)
- Jackie Miller, Mark Risser, and Robert Griffiths, [Student Choice, Instructor Flexibility: Moving Beyond the Blended Instructional Model](https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/itet/article/view/16464/16485)
- Marie Leijon and Björn Lundgren, [Connecting Physical and Virtual Spaces in a HyFlex Pedagogic Model with a Focus on Teacher Interaction](https://libjournal.uncg.edu/jls/article/view/1640)
- Kris Shaffer, [From Blended Learning to Hybrid Pedagogy](https://kshaffer.github.io/2016/11/from-blended-learning-to-hybrid-pedagogy/)
- Stefan Hrastinski, [Asynchronous and Synchronous Learning](https://er.educause.edu/articles/2008/11/asynchronous-and-synchronous-elearning)
- Douglas C. Harris and Samuel Beswick, [*Reflections on Building and then Teaching in a Hybrid Classroom*](https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/blog/2020/reflections-building-and-then-teaching-hyflex-classroom-allard-hall/allard-school-law)
- Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning, [Five Tips for Hybrid/HyFlex Teaching with All Learners in Mind](https://ctl.columbia.edu/resources-and-technology/teaching-with-technology/teaching-online/five-tips-hybrid/)
Summary: a\) Create community for all, b\) Make all course materials and learning experiences accessible, c\) Engage all of your students, d\) Help students succeed in your version of a HyFlex course, e\) Know your classroom and set-up early.
- Grand Valley State University, [Tips for teaching Hybrid Courses with Remote Learners](https://www.gvsu.edu/elearn/help/tips-for-teaching-hyflex-and-staggered-hybrid-courses-137.htm), \(Great checklist\)
- Viji Sathy and Kelly A. Hogan, [8 Ways to Be More Inclusive in Your Zoom Teaching](https://www.chronicle.com/article/8-Ways-to-Be-More-Inclusive-in/248460)

### External Online Courses

- HyFlex Learning Community has a variety of online modules at https://www.hyflexlearning.org/
- https://www.hyflexlearning.org/The Associate of College and University Educators \(ACUE\) has a wonderful [Online Teaching Toolkit](https://acue.org/online-teaching-toolkit/).

For more details or to discuss further whether the Flexible model might work for your course, reach out to the Teaching & Learning Centre: teaching@senecapolytechnic.ca.

Questions about classroom technology should be directed to ITS.