Flexible Course Design

Flexible Course Design

Our Fundamentals of Flexible Course Design and Delivery course

If you are going to be teaching a Flexible course, the best place to start is with the next offering of our professional development course, "Fundamentals of Flexible Course Design and Delivery." This is an online, asynchronous course, meaning that you can complete the three course modules on your own schedule, at times that work for you. The course is facilitated by a member of the Teaching & Learning Centre team, and also connects you to a Community of Practice on Microsoft Teams where you can share resources with colleagues.

Upcoming sections of our "Fundamentals of Flexible Course Design and Delivery" course:

  • TBD in winter 2025

Our Envisioning Your Course Through a Flexible Lens nutshell

Our Envisioning Your Course Through a Flexible Lens nutshell is a self-paced online module that will take approx. 30 minutes to complete.

Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:

  1. Define the hybrid-flexible teaching modality, called Flexible Teaching.
  2. Describe the four principles for successful teaching and learning in a flexible classroom.
  3. Identify strategies to bring these principles to life in your teaching.

Thank you for joining us to learn more about teaching and learning practice in Flexible courses.

In Flexible Delivery (sometimes called “Flex”), students choose among three modes to engage with their instructor, their peers, and the content:

  • Students may join professors in the face-to-face physical classroom.
  • Synchronous online students join the class through a videoconferencing platform (Zoom, Microsoft Teams, etc.). Their video is displayed on large monitors, and they interact with the instructor and students in the classroom.
  • Asynchronous online students work through a set of learning materials, including class recordings, on their own schedule and engage with classmates and the instructor through Learn@Seneca.

The bottom line: In all modes, students engage in thoughtful discussion with their classmates and interact with their instructor. Instructors engage and interact with face-to-face and remote online synchronous students at the same time, while also planning for students who view the recordings and complete their work asynchronously online. HyFlex requires intentional planning to create a successful learning environment that engages all your students, no matter the mode they choose.

The Center for Online Learning, Research and Service at the University of Illinois

 

If you have any questions or ideas, please reach out to us at teaching@senecapolytechnic.ca.

Questions about classroom technology should be directed to ITS.

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