Thread by @karenraycosta

A few additional thoughts on HyFlex kicking up.

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I'm seeing really meaningful conversations about the interdependence of #facultysuccess and #studentsucces rise up out of the HyFlex discussion, and that's always a good thing, I think.

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I've written a lot about my concerns with #HyFlex as it pertains to #facultysuccess. I don't think it should be on the table for most institutions this fall.

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That said, if I'm coming at this from the #studentsuccess lens, I'm intrigued. I think of students with chronic illness, for example, who might feel up to f2f class one week but not the next. Or students whose job schedules change. The flexibility does appeal to me.

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But are institutions willing to invest in what it takes to do it right? I'd say you need to first give faculty a course release to shadow a more advanced HyFlex teacher, and then give them a big course reduction and treat their first HyFlex as equiv. to three courses.

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And last, today I'm thinking that #HyFlex discounts the intentional pedagogy required of a quality synchronous session. There's a difference b/t just watching what's going on in the physical classroom and actually engaging in a sync session.

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