Category Archives: Integrating Online & On-Campus Learning

Avoiding Pitfalls

Two of the pitfalls in creating an online or hybrid course are sticking to the role, as the instructor, of the “sage on the stage” and not utilizing ways that students can learn from each other.  As I begin to … Continue reading

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Welcome Spring Hybrid Faculty Learning Community participants! I look forward to your contributions, as well as to hearing more from our Winter FLC and guests who drop by to read and comment. Be sure to invite your colleagues to visit … Continue reading

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Just in time methods for hybrid learning

I was interested in the Mazur method of having students answer short questions on the reading just before class, and then have the instructor review them just before class as well.  It would motivate students to read (if graded in … Continue reading

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taking intro to public health hybrid

H100 is Introduction to Public Health in our college.  Traditionally, it was taught to undergraduates in our two public health degree programs.  A couple of years ago, it became required for them, raising the census to about 200 in the … Continue reading

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Hybrid course development: FOR 241 Dendrology

I am developing a hybrid version of FOR 241 Dendrology. Dendrology literally means “the study of trees.” During the course, students learn about tree taxonomy, morphology, and ecology and develop the skill of tree identification. FOR 241 Dendrology is a … Continue reading

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Pondering “sage on the stage” in a hybrid environment

According to Elizabeth St. Germain in Faculty Focus, one of the “Five Common Pitfalls of Online Course Design”  is insistence on being the “sage on the stage.” St. Germain writes: “In the old model of education, the instructor stood on … Continue reading

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