Category Archives: Hybrid Course Content

Transitioning from Content Delivery to Skills Facilitation

By Inara Scott In the not-so-distant past, if you wanted to learn about a specialized content area–say, eighteenth century literature, nuclear fusion, or microeconomics–you had to go to college. Specialized information about these subjects lived in the mind of professors, … Continue reading

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Letting students learn from each other

Online Course Design Pitfall #5: Ignore the ways students learn from each other. The Statistical Genetics course will assess students based on weekly homework and a project. The homework will usually be in the form of code that will be … Continue reading

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Planning a Hybrid Class – Pitfalls to Avoid

Similar to a face to face class, many components go into a successful hybrid class, and similar to a face to face class, an instructor has to be aware of potential pitfalls. According to Elizabeth St. Germain, author of Five … Continue reading

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Hybrid Showcase

I am a lover of podcasts and listen to many. After thinking about the best way to engage students in material outside of class and how most students are plugged in anyway when they walk around, I decided that I … Continue reading

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Introduction to Climate Change (SUS 103)

SUS 103 HYB – Introduction to Climate Change                                                          This course provides an … Continue reading

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THE SMALL ANIMAL ULTRASOUND COURSE IN A NUTSHELL

Abdominal ultrasound is a crucial tool in the evaluation of the abdomen of dogs and cats with abdominal disease. It is increasingly critical as a veterinarian to be able to obtain high quality ultrasound images and be able to interpret … Continue reading

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H 513 – a monster of a hybrid course

H 513 Integrated Approach to Public Health comprises the common core of the MPH degree, something that used to be accomplished through 5 separate courses.  The H 513 learning objectives cover critical and interdisciplinary content in foundational areas of public health, … Continue reading

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My hybrid course in a nutshell

FIN 441 talks about financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies, and investment funds, etc. Students will learn how financial institutions operate and why their efficient operation is important to the economy. The course is offered in the fall (2 … Continue reading

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Open-ended Discussion Boards to enable student-led discovery/content

For my course I will have 2 open-ended discussion boards that students can post new information that they have come across from other sources outside the class.  This will allow students to contribute to the direction of the course discsussion … Continue reading

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Online Course Design Pitfall #4: Expect your students to consume knowledge rather than create it.

I find this pitfall difficult to overcome, especially, when I think about how I should address areas, which have traditionally been taught with a face-to face lecture (e.g. anatomy, physics, etc..) in a small, but still large class. I struggle … Continue reading

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