What Makes a Successful Flexible Course? | Flexible Course Design | Seneca Polytechnic

Brian Beatty, a professor at San Francisco State University, and a pioneer of this approach, describes four fundamental values that underlie effective HyFlex teaching. You can read more in his free online resource, Hybrid-Flexible Course Design: Implementing student-directed hybrid classes (2019). A great place to start is to review the four fundamental values and consider how these can inform the design decisions that you make as you craft your course.

1. Learner Choice: Provide meaningful alternative participation modes and enable students to choose between participation modes daily, weekly, or topically.
2. Equivalency: Provide learning activities in all participation modes which lead to equivalent learning outcomes.
3. Reusability: Utilize artifacts from learning activities in each participation mode as “learning objects” for all students.
4. Accessibility: Equip students with technology skills and equitable access to all participation modes

By considering these four values, and trying to align your teaching practice with them, you will go a long way toward ensuring a successful Flexible course.