HyFlex Teaching & Learning Institute
The 2023 Summer Institute: HyFlex Teaching and Learning, sponsored by the Office of Distance & Alternative Education, is designed to help you prepare for teaching a HyFlex class.
This supportive cohort will focus on applying effective practices for implementing HyFlex delivery in your own course, demonstrate how to utilize HyFlex technology in the classroom, and provide tips for integrating synchronous learning activities and engagement in a HyFlex learning environment.
The community of attendees will have the opportunity to experience virtual and in-person sessions on the Highland Campus. Consultations with Distance Education Instructional Designers will be available after the training.
ACC full-time faculty and adjunct faculty who teach credit-based courses are eligible to apply. All levels of teaching experience and technology skills are welcome. Faculty planning to teach a HyFlex course in the future must attend this HyFlex training first.
Participants will be part of a research study assessing this modality and should be prepared to participate in documenting how students attend throughout the semester.
Please submit your application by the session deadlines listed on the application form. Participants will receive an acceptance letter from the Distance & Alternative Education Office.
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- Presenter: Stephanie Long, Department Chair, Geospatial Engineering & Geographic Information Systems
- Stipend: $500 after attending training and $500 after completing course conversion to HyFlex delivery mode.
- Professional Development: 8 hours (To self-report PD credits, go to Workday > Career > Training > Add Training)
- Registration Cap: Max: 30 Faculty for each session / Min: 6 Faculty for each session
2023 Summer Institute: HyFlex Teaching and Learning Schedule
The training is divided into two parts. The first part is in the morning (i.e., AM session), and the second part is in the afternoon (i.e., PM session). Faculty do not have to attend parts one and two on the same day. However, faculty must attend the AM session before attending the PM session. Faculty must attend one of the sessions (AM or PM) in person on campus.
Morning Sessions:
Time: 9am – 12:30pm
Dates: (Choose One)
- Saturday, May 20 (Deadline to Apply: Friday, May 12 at 5pm)
- Friday, June 2 (Deadline to Apply: Friday, May 26 at 5pm)
- Friday, June 16 (Deadline to Apply: Friday, June 9 at 5pm)
- Saturday, June 24 (Deadline to Apply: Friday, June 16 at 5pm)
- Friday, July 21 (Deadline: Friday, July 14 at 5pm)
Afternoon Sessions:
Time: 1:30pm – 5pm
Dates: (Choose One)
- Saturday, May 20 (Deadline to Apply: Friday, May 12 at 5pm)
- Friday, June 2 (Deadline to Apply: Friday, May 26 at 5pm)
- Friday, June 16 (Deadline to Apply: Friday, June 9 at 5pm)
- Saturday, June 24 (Deadline to Apply: Friday, June 16 at 5pm)
- Friday, July 21 (Deadline: Friday, July 14 at 5pm)
HyFlex Institute Agenda
Morning |
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| 9:00 am –
9:30 am |
Session: Orientation and Navigating the Course
Description: In this 30-minute workshop, we will provide an overview of HyFlex course website navigation and our goals for the day. |
| 9:30 am – 10:30 am | Session: Getting Started with HyFlex
Description: In this 60-minute workshop, we will discuss the major elements of a HyFlex design, what makes this format different than a traditional hybrid, online, or classroom instruction, and the fundamental principles of HyFlex course design and how they impact your design decisions. Attendees will choose a course they are teaching for their workshop design activities and begin developing a strategic vision of how this course could be adapted for the HyFlex format. |
| 10:30 am-
11:30 am |
Session: Designing your HyFlex Solution
Description: In this 60-minute workshop, we will discuss developing (or revising) a set of student learning outcomes for at least one HyFlex course, identifying existing and needed content resources for at least one course, and planning for the implementation of effective assessment approaches that should work well in all supported instructional modes. |
| 11:30 am –
12:00 pm |
Session: ACC HyFlex Technologies and the Student Experience: Option A
Description: In this 30-minute workshop, a demonstration of in-place technology will be provided from an ACC classroom. We will cover the technologies available at ACC for delivering a HyFlex course. This includes the classroom setup of the teacher’s station, cameras, microphones, etc. Faculty should bring their own lesson materials to test in the classroom and teach their colleagues with an interactive activity. |
Afternoon |
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| 1:30 pm-
2:00 pm |
Session: ACC HyFlex Technologies and the Student Experience: Option B
Description: In this 30-minute workshop, a demonstration of in-place technology will be provided from an ACC classroom. We will cover the technologies available at ACC for delivering a HyFlex course. This includes the classroom setup of the teacher’s station, cameras, microphones, etc. Faculty should bring their own lesson materials to test in the classroom and teach their colleagues with an interactive activity. |
| 2:00 pm –
3:00 pm |
Session: Develop Engagement Approaches
Description: In this 60-minute workshop, we will discuss relevant and appropriate guidelines for high-quality online course design and Universal Design for Learning (UDL), planning for effective engagement strategies that support student-student and student-teacher interaction throughout a course, and approximate the faculty (and student) workflow changes needed to support the chosen engagement strategies for all participation modes. |
| 3:00 pm-
4:00 pm |
Session: Implementing HyFlex in your Own Course
Description: In this 60-minute workshop, we will discuss factors likely to affect the implementation of your HyFlex course associated with faculty, student, and support systems (technical and administrative), consider important revised or new support elements which may be required and discuss the need and opportunity for evaluating the impact of HyFlex delivery on student participation, achievement, and meeting strategic and operational organizational goals. |
| 4:00 pm-
5:00 pm |
Session: Explaining and Evaluating your HyFlex Course Design
Description: In this 60-minute workshop, we will develop a draft and describe an initial design and evaluation plan for your HyFlex course, and identify (and ask) remaining questions about implementing HyFlex in your specific context. |
Contact
For any questions, please email dlstaff@austincc.edu.