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Hybrid/Blended Courses

Instructors can redesign their traditional classes to move substantial course content and student learning activities online, allowing them to reduce the number of face-to-face class meetings. The LTC staff has in-depth experience with the hybrid teaching model and is internationally recognized for its expertise in hybrid courses. We can help instructors in the design and delivery of hybrid courses.

For more information on designing and developing hybrid courses or for more information on the LTC's involvement in hybrid consulting, workshops, and grant projects, visit:

Hybrid Course Web Site

Desire2Learn (D2L) Support

Conference Workshops

Hybrid Teaching and Learning: A Faculty Development Program

This half-day workshop presents the successful Hybrid Course Faculty Development model and materials developed over four years at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Participants leave the workshop with a detailed template for establishing a faculty development program on their campuses that prepares instructors for hybrid courses. Workshop materials include a 90-page workshop manual and a companion CD.

Presented at EDUCAUSE 2004 Conference as "Getting Faculty Ready for Hybrid/Blended Teaching" on October 19, 2004 in Boulder, CO [Tanya - see attached PP]

Presented at 20th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning as "Preparing Faculty to Teach Hybrid Courses: A Faculty Development Model" on August 4, 2004 in Madison, WI [Tanya - see attached PP]

"Virtual Guest Experts on Hybrid Course Forum" on week-long Discussion Board for faculty at Maricopa Community Colleges, AZ, March 1-4, 2005

The LTC staff is presenting virtually on hybrid/blended courses for Maricopa's faculty-led "Action Group" on Hybrid Course structures. We post readings, contribute to the online discussions, and answer questions from the Maricopa faculty interested in developing hybrid/blended courses.

New Media Centers Online Conference on Social Computing, November 16-19, 2004

Building Learning Communities with Hybrid Courses

For the 20-minute online presentation by Bob Kaleta and Alan Aycock (voice over PowerPoint), click here.

"We address some best practices for instructors that we have identified for framing and managing online asynchronous conversations or forums in hybrid courses. We explain the usefulness of forums as a tool to integrate the face-to-face and online components of a hybrid course, so that these two rather distinct forms of teaching and learning experiences complement and intensify one another. And, we summarize key pedagogical tips that help ensure a successful hybrid course experience for both instructors and students."

New Media Centers 2004 Summer Conference, June 16-19, 2004, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)

Panel: "Hybrid Courses: Lessons Learned from Three Institutions" June 17, 2:30 p.m. by Robert (Bob) Kaleta, Director, Learning Technology Center, University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Alicia Russell, Director, Educational Technology Center, Northeastern University; Ruth Sabean, Associate Provost for Educational Technology, University Of California-Los Angeles; Jay Caulfield, Instructional Designer and Faculty, Learning Technology Center, University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

For information on Hybrid Projects and Consultation, please visit our Project Information.