TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

Episode 71: Field Report #5: Finding Flexibility for F2F This Fall: The BlendFlex Approach

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Many institutions will be offering at least some f2f instruction this fall. Kelvin and Tom talk through the details of one flexible approach for making fall f2f less disruptable: BlendFlex. This episode is the fifth in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19.

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Coffee Links
  • Frequency Blend from Intelligentsia Coffee
    • Content Links
    • In Inside HigherEd: “Introducing a New(-ish) Learning Mode: Blendflex/Hyflex”
    • From EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative: [Updated] “7 Things You Should Know About the HyFlex Course Model”
    • Free eText by Dr. Brian J. Beatty: “Hybrid-Flexible Course Design: Implementing Student-Directed Hybrid Classes”
      • UCF BlendFlex Resources
      • “What Faculty Need to Know About the BlendFlex Model”
      • Video: BlendFlex for Faculty
      • “What Students Need to Know About the BlendFlex Model”
      • Video: BlendFlex for Students
      • Student-produced video from UCF honors students: “Important Things and Stuff: Class Modalities”
        • Just for Fun

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          • Extra Special Feature
          • Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)
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