HyFlex and Student Engagement

Principles of Student Engagement in a HyFlex Course

How can we engage learners in all modes? Why is this important?

Dr. Brian Beatty,

HyFlex Learning Community hyflexlearning.org

Poll

Which forms of interaction are often present (easily identifiable in every class) in your classroom environment?

• Student-Content

• Student-Student

• Student-Teacher

Poll

Which forms of interaction are often present (easily identifiable in every class) in your asynchronous online environment?

• Student-Content

• Student-Student

• Student-Teacher

• I don't teach asynchronously online

Poll

Which forms of interaction are often present (easily identifiable in every class) in your synchronous classroom environment?

• Student-Content

• Student-Student

• Student-Teacher

• I don't teach synchronously online.

Multiple Select

Which type(s) of presence are associated with this learning situation?

A teacher provides two short readings on the class topic, and asks students to provide a short summary of one of them, explaining the main ideas in a family gathering context. Synchronous students share their summaries in the upcoming class, and asynchronous students post them to a forum.

• Cognitive presence

• Social presence

• Teacher presence

Poll

Which forms of presence are a meaningful part of all participation modes in your classes?

• Cognitive presence

• Social presence

• Teacher presence

Multiple Select

Which of the following student statements might indicate that a student is a good fit for the smaller transactional distance in a classroom environment?

• I like to talk a lot to the people around me.

• I don't like to be bothered by others when I am learning.

• I really appreciate being guided step by step through solving a problem.

• I like to follow a worked example when doing homework - that's all I need.

Open Ended

What is one reason that HyFlex classes may allow for students to find their own "best fit" to their learning preferences?