
Hybrid Teaching Resources
Hybrid courses combine face-to-face instruction with online learning in order to take advantage of the strengths of both in-person and digital spaces; students attend some in-person class meetings and also engage with a significant amount of content asynchronously online. When done well, hybrid teaching offers significant benefits: Not only does the format allow for more flexibility and accessibility, research has shown that it can lead to better learning outcomes (Joosten et al., 2021). In well-designed hybrid courses, students are able to work through asynchronous course content at their own pace while still experiencing the immediate feedback and real-time engagement of the in-person classroom (Iowa State University, 2020).
The resources below provide guidance for instructors who choose to develop a hybrid course. If you would like to discuss further hybrid teaching or explore ways to adapt hybrid delivery models to your specific course objectives, please contact teaching@trentu.ca.
Understanding Delivery Formats
Organizing a Hybrid Course
Creating Asynchronous Materials
Engaging Students Through Online Platforms
Resources for Flipped Classrooms
Understanding Delivery Formats
There is considerable variation in the terminology used to describe hybrid and remote teaching within higher education literature and popular media. The resources below provide clear, Trent-specific definitions of the range of delivery formats along with guidance for instructors as they consider the optimal delivery format for their course.
Accessible version of hybrid teaching infographic
- Delivery Formats: Definitions, Uses, and Considerations
- Understanding the Range of Delivery Options (Coming soon!)
- Teaching with a mask
Organizing a Hybrid Course
Within hybrid delivery, there are a number of ways to combine in-person meetings with online activities in order achieve your unique course learning goals. The resources below provide an overview of different models for hybrid teaching, including flipped classrooms and rotational models, as well as an updated Blackboard template for hybrid courses. We have also included a Trent-specific guide to creating a syllabus for a hybrid course to help instructors explain hybrid course formats to students, so that they can understand what is expected of them.
- Models for Hybrid Courses
- Converting a Syllabus for Hybrid Teaching
- Pedagogical Considerations for Hybrid Course Design
- Building a Hybrid Course in Blackboard (Coming Soon!)
Creating Asynchronous Materials
In most hybrid courses, much of the content is delivered through asynchronous lectures, podcasts, or readings. The guides below provide guidance on how to create high-quality asynchronous materials.
- Tips for Recording a Good Lecture (Part I)
- Tips for Recording a Good Lecture (Part II)
- Developing an Online or Remote Teaching Laboratory
Engaging Students Through Online Platforms
Some hybrid courses complement in-person meetings with online platforms that allow students to engage with one another asynchronously. The guides below provide an overview of the platforms available at Trent for online student-to-student interaction.
- Guidelines for Using Discussion Boards
- Sample Materials for Discussion Boards
- Using Discussion Boards, VoiceThread, and Teams More Effectively
Resources for Flipped Classrooms
Most hybrid courses “flip” the traditional classroom by having students learn course content asynchronously and devoting in-person meetings to active learning through discussions, lab experiments, case studies, and workshops. The guides below provide ideas for activities to incorporate into in-person class meetings.
- Active Learning Strategies for Flipped Classrooms (Coming Soon!)
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Flipped Classroom in Third-Year Undergraduate Statistics (O’Hagan)
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Case studies in a flipped classroom: An approach to support nursing learning in pharmacology and pathophysiology (Mackie & Bruce)