Planning a Hybrid Course? Start Here!
Thinking about teaching a hybrid course where learning happens both online and in person? Start by designing a learning cycle, not just deciding what goes online and what stays in class. Connect online self-paced learning with active in-class learning and after-class review and reflection. Learn more about hybrid courses, upcoming workshops and grants!
Design the Hybrid Learning Experience — Not Just the Materials
When faculty first consider hybrid teaching, the instinct is often:
“What should go online, and what should stay in class?”
A more powerful starting point is:
“What learning experience do I want students to move through?”
Online Self-Paced Learning
Introductory content, demos, readings, or well-structured practice problems—with knowledge checks and feedback.
In-Class Active Learning
Problem-solving, debate, case studies, project work, application, coaching. This is where students “use” what they learned in the self-paced learning.
After-Class Review and Integration
Reflection, peer feedback, revision, and goal-setting.
Surrounding all of this is self-regulation support—helping students plan, monitor, and reflect on their learning.
Hybrid learning can help you design classes in a world becoming more and more AI-dependent. Give students opportunities in class to practice problem-solving and grapple with complex ideas together with you!
If you want to try hybrid:
- Start with one module or project.
- Clarify learning objectives first.
- Design a repeatable learning cycle.
- Make the connections between online and in-class work explicit.
Want support?
- Listen to the Dialogues in Digital Teaching and Learning podcast episode on hybrid learning: “From Flipped Frameworks to AI-Assisted Course Design”.
- Register for the Teaching Strategies for Hybrid Classrooms workshop on March 12.
- Apply for a Hybrid Learning Grant. Applications opening in April!
