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Welcome

A recent report published by Forbes stated that four in five students (82%) want at least some of their course meetings to take place online. The pandemic pivot to remote learning was hard on everyone, but faculty and students discovered that there were some good things about hybrid learning. Now is the time to explore new paths forward for multimodal teaching and learning.

This course is for faculty who want to learn more about developing and teaching a hybrid course. The short articles, tips, and templates may be used by first-timers or those with more course development experience looking to modify an existing course. Faculty who created online or remote components during the pandemic may be particularly interested in repurposing these for hybrid delivery.

Course Organization

We focus on creating a flipped hybrid learning experience for students. What this usually means is that faculty will create prerecorded lectures for students to view online before coming to class, and then facilitate practical activities during class that might otherwise have been assigned for homework--hence flipping the traditional classroom model into a hybrid learning experience. In this course we introduce four areas for you to consider: 1) understanding what hybrid delivery entails, 2) key things to keep in mind when designing a hybrid course, 3) the mechanics involved in building or modifying an existing course, and 4) suggestions for enhancing student engagement in multiple modalities. We also include interviews with a few faculty who are teaching in different hybrid formats.

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Earn a Certificate

CITL now offers micro-credentials in the form of Certificates and Badges to help faculty develop new skills and document their expertise. Anyone may benefit from the articles presented in the five modules of this course, but we have included thinking prompts and practical writing assignments in each module to help you work through substantial parts of either modifying an existing course, or creating a new one. You can earn the Hybrid Teaching and Learning Certificate if you you complete the readings and submit five written assignments.

This is a win-win. Each assignment builds on the one before so you can develop a solid working plan. Plus, the Certificate can be used to document teaching improvement efforts for your dossier and annual reviews. Completion of the Certificate requirements is expected to take about 15-20 hours. Work at your own pace. CITL staff will issue the digital Hybrid Teaching and Learning Certificate upon review of your submissions. You can also schedule a one-on-one consultation with CITL staff at any time by contacting CITL-info@illinois.edu.

Let's Get Started!

Below are links to each of the modules of this certificate. Start with Module 1, and work your way through to the end of Module 5.

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