Category Archives: Hybrid Course Design

Letting students with different backgrounds to learn from each other in a (hybrid) “integrated design” learning environment.

WSE 425/525 “Timber tectonics in the digital age” exposes students to integrated design practices, in which architects, engineers and fabricators are all engaged in the early design phases. In the actual practice, these different professional figures really learn from each … Continue reading

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Learning from each other

Online Course Design Pitfall #5: Ignore the ways students learn from each other. Students know best A few weeks ago I decided to make my Spring course asynchronous due to the COVID-19 outbreak.  I would use the class periods for … Continue reading

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I’ve Been FRAMED by a Canvas Developer…

I feel unwittingly framed by Canvas developers! Here’s my insight into avoiding Pitfall #2: Letting a course management system drive thinking. The problem: Developers of platforms like Canvas create an environment for specific users. They build features based on potential use cases … Continue reading

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Blending hybrid design with biochemistry laboratory training: thinking about how students learn from each other

Scientific research is a collaborative endeavor. I plan to focus this hybrid re-design of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory on promoting collaboration across teams and lab sections. Pitfall #5: Ignore the ways students learn from each other stood out to … Continue reading

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Get the students talking

I’m working with CTL to design a hybrid course. My course is called Launch Academy and it brings together students from any major who want to launch a new venture while in school. Every student has a different business idea, and … Continue reading

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Hybridizing Sociology of Religion (in a nutshell)

In the new hybrid version of Sociology of Religion, we will be shifting much of the lecture material to online and much of the discussion to the classroom.  This concept has rocked my pedagogical world! The first week students will … Continue reading

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Special Animal Medicine as a newly “hybridized” course

by Jennifer Sargent Special Animal Medicine (frequently abbreviated as SPAM) is a required class on the husbandry, behavior, medicine, and surgery of nontraditional pets. These include common relatively common pets like rabbits and hamsters as well as more classic exotics … Continue reading

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A Hybrid Vision for SPAN 113

Welcome to SPAN 113, hybrid style!  SPAN 113 is the third course in the first year Spanish series.  The course typically draws CLA students part way through filling a 2-year language requirement or other students with a language requirement.  There … Continue reading

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Hybridizing “society and natural resources”

what is the course about? I have taught SOC 481/581 for 4 years now. I have modified it slightly every time I teach it; and finally feel that it is ready for a hybrid version. It is ideally suited to … Continue reading

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Spanish 113 in a nutshell

In Spanish 113, as with all of our first and second-year courses, we focus on speaking, listening, writing, and reading skills. We introduce our students to the richness of Hispanic cultures, and we focus on the 5 C’s of language … Continue reading

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