ON DEMAND: Effective Hybrid Teaching = No Live Lectures & More Application-Based Activities: Makes the Students & My Throat Happier!

Abstract

With the introduction of more hybrid courses across the university in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, many instructors may be facing challenges in delivering their lectures synchronous, duplicating their lectures, among others in this hybrid environment. In this talk, I will share how the hybrid format was actually a blessing in disguise for me and why I will be utilizing the hybrid format for my courses going forward. My 15 minute video presentation will be broken out as follows: 1 – I will discuss the benefit of planning, scripting, and pre-recording all lectures to be delivered as the online portion of the hybrid course; 2 – I will discuss the in class activities and semester-long project that can be done in the face-to-face portion of the hybrid course (and how to plan them accordingly); 3 – I will discuss the benefits for both you and the students with this hybrid approach; 4 – I will discuss the smaller class size because of the hybrid environment; 5 – I will discuss how this approach will benefit students academically as well as in their career; and 6 – I will also discuss some cautionary effects of my hybrid courses as well.