Blended Learning for Students with Choice The Hyflex Course and Design Process

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Blended Learning for Students with ChoiceThe
Hyflex Course and Design Process

• Dr. Brian Beatty
• Instructional Technologies
• San Francisco State University
• 13th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on
  Online Learning 2007

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Blended Learning for Students with ChoiceThe
Hyflex Course and Design Process
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• Dr. Brian Beatty
• Instructional Technologies
• San Francisco State University
• 13th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on
  Online Learning 2007

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What is a HyFlex course?

• Hybrid Flexible HyFlex
• Hybrid a mix of face to face, asynchronous, and
  synchronous online activities
• Flexible students can choose their method of
  participation weekly or per topic

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HyFlex Course Principles

• Learner Choice Provide meaningful alternative
  participation modes and enable students to choose
  between participation modes weekly (or
  topically).
• Equivalency Provide equivalent learning
  activities in all participation modes.
• Reusability Utilize artifacts from learning
  activities in each participation mode as
  learning objects for all students.
• Accessibility Equip students with technology
  skills and access to all participation modes.
  

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What is the ITEC program?

• 150 graduate students pursuing Masters degree in
  Instructional Technologies
• Courses
• Approx. 24 courses
• Class size ranges from 8-20
• Time slots 4-7, 7-10 PM, Mon - Thursday
• All students and instructors commute up to 60
  miles or more one way

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Who are ITEC Students?

• Most work full time
• Teachers and Library / Media Specialists
• Educational Software Developers
• Trainers
• Instructional Designers
• Many in career transition
• Many with families at home

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Why HyFlex?

• Student Allows students to control the pace of
  their lives a little more
• Adapt to changing work requirements
• Family requirements
• Regional events
• Program Allows ITEC to serve distance students
  without developing a self-contained online degree
  program
• University CSU interest in OLDPs - expanding
  program reach

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Creating Your HyFlex World

• Identify learning goals
• Develop instructional objectives
• Create (or gather) content
• Select instructional activities (SIO tool)
• Create (and communicate) clear instructions
• Prepare learning supports

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Sample Week
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Standard Class Session
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Online Participation
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How do students participate?

• Spring 2007 participation patterns and student
  survey
• Four courses
• ITEC 801.01 (F2F)
• ITEC 801.02 (online)
• ITEC 850.01 (F2F)
• ITEC 865.01 (F2F)
• 44 individual students (48 enrollments)

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Participation Log Results
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Participation Log Results
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Participation Log Results
Face to FaceOnlineAbsent
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Participation Log Results
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Participation Log Results
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Participation Log Results
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Participation Log Results
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Participation Log Results
Face to FaceOnlineAbsent
Absent
Online
Face to Face
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Participation Log Results Individual Students

• 801 in-class at least one student online each
  week the amount each spent online - 12, 10, 6,
  6, 6, 6, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 1
• 801 online 6 of 13 totally online the others -
  5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1 in-class
• 850 2 of 10 always in-class the others - 3, 3,
  3, 2, 2, 2, 1 online
• 865 3 of 10 always in-class the others - 3, 3,
  2, 2, 2, 1 online

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Survey Results Item 6 of the survey asked
students to evaluate eight types of
instructional resources provided in each class.
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Survey Results Item 7 asked students to
evaluate their feelings of connectedness to their
peers, the instructor, the ITEC program, and SF
State University.
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Survey Results Item 8 asked students whether or
not they agreed with a statement about
learning as much as they expected.
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How are participation mode and grade related?
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Survey Results Student Comments 1 -
appreciating flexibility
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Survey Results Student Comments 2 - online not
the best
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Survey Results Student Comments 3 - I like
online.
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Survey Results Item 9 asked students what type
of course delivery they preferred.
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Proposed Research

• Learning Do students learn more or less
  effectively when they have the option to choose
  participation mode?
• Preference Do students prefer to create their
  own blend of learning activities?
• Effort Does a HyFlex course require more effort
  from the instructor or student?
• Which courses, instructors, and students are
  candidates for HyFlex design?

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• Dr. Brian Beatty
• bjbeatty_at_sfsu.edu
• HyFlex Papers and Presentations
• http//itec.sfsu.edu/hyflex/hyflex_home.htm