Flexible Teaching and Learning Resources | Flexible Course Design | Seneca Polytechnic

Nutshell

Our Envisioning Your Course Through a Flexible Lens nutshell 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
• Brian J. Beatty, Hybrid-Flexible Course Design: Implementing student-directed hybrid classes eBook, open access to all
• A very useful resource is Kevin Kelly’s Google Doc of sample lesson plans

Watch

Seneca videos:

• Seneca Flexible Classroom Instructional Video (Technology focused)
• Flexible Teaching Demonstration at Seneca (Tech and pedagogy)

Videos from past Teaching & Learning Centre events:

• 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 keynote recording from the Ontario College Symposium on HyFlex Teaching and Learning, May 2022
• 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 from the Teaching & Learning Summer Conference 2023

External video:

• The Hyflex Lab in Action at University College.

Listen

• David Rhoads and Bonnie Stachowiak, “Hyflex Learning”, Episode 309 of the “Teaching in Higher Ed” Podcast
• David Rhoads and Bonni Stachowiak, “Misconceptions about HyFlex,” Episode 327, Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast.
• Bonni Stachowiak, “Creating Engaging Asynchronous Activities for HyFlex”, Episode 351, Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast.
• HyFlex Course Design Model, 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.”
• The Challenge and Promise of Simultaneously Teaching Online and in Person” with Robin DeRosa on the “Unusually well-informed podcast”. 

Read (Theory)

•  مها بالي (Maha Bali) and Bard Meier, An Affinity for Asynchronous Learning
• Robin DeRosa, Values Centered Instructional Planning
• Jesse Stommel, What is Hybrid Pedagogy?
• Kevin Gannon, Our HyFlex Experiment: What’s worked and what hasn’t
• Viji Sathy and Kelly A. Hogan, Want to Reach All of Your Students? Here’s How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive
• Edward J. Maloney and Joshua Kim, Inside Higher Ed: Fall Scenario #13: A HyFlex Model 
• Maria Bergstom, Faculty Focus, Teaching HyFlex: It’s a Genre Problem 
• University of South Carolina, Centre for Teaching Excellence, The Hyflex Model- An Effective Approach to Teaching with Numerous Modalities

Read (Practical Tips)

• EDUCAUSE, 7 Thinks You Should Know about the HyFlex Course Model 
• Columbia University’s Center for Teaching and Learning Hyflex page: Hybrid/HyFlex Teaching & Learning 
• Kevin Kelly, 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
• Marie Leijon and Björn Lundgren, Connecting Physical and Virtual Spaces in a HyFlex Pedagogic Model with a Focus on Teacher Interaction
• Kris Shaffer, From Blended Learning to Hybrid Pedagogy
• Stefan Hrastinski, Asynchronous and Synchronous Learning
• Douglas C. Harris and Samuel Beswick, Reflections on Building and then Teaching in a Hybrid Classroom
• Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning, Five Tips for Hybrid/HyFlex Teaching with All Learners in Mind
  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, (Great checklist)
• Viji Sathy and Kelly A. Hogan, 8 Ways to Be More Inclusive in Your Zoom Teaching

External Online Courses

• HyFlex Learning Community has a variety of online modules at https://www.hyflexlearning.org/
• The Associate of College and University Educators (ACUE) has a wonderful 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.