Hybrid Teaching Best Practices
Flipped Classrooms
Flipped learning is the approach in which classroom-based learning is inverted, so students are exposed to material before class, and class time is used for interactive activities where students can gain a better understanding of the course material.
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Key elements of the flipped classroom
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Lecture Capture & Video
Videos can be an effective tool in your teaching tool kit. It is integrated as part of traditional courses, serves as a cornerstone of many blended courses, and is often the main information delivery mechanism.
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Effective Educational Videos
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Online Writing Tools
Online writing tools, such as blogs, can be helpful tools to enhance students’ communication skills and increasing their students’ investment in learning. Online platforms are good spaces for informal or formal writing by students and are often an excellent balance between the rigor and structure of a formal written assignment and the freedom to experiment with ideas and arguments.
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Best practices for utilizing blogs in the classroom
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Creating Effective Online Discussions
These tips can help instructors ensure that online discussions are engaging and beneficial.
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Best practices for facilitating online discussions
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creating Effective Online assessments
Online assessment tools can enable instructors to create a wide selection of points–based question types ranging from multiple choice questions, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, matching, and written responses.
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Best practices for online testing
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creating effective online Assignments
Follow these tips for creating more impactful online assignments for your online, hybrid, or face-to-face courses.
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Best practices when using online assignments
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Providing Effective Feedback
Whether feedback is just there to be grasped or is provided by another person, helpful feedback is goal-referenced; tangible and transparent; actionable; user-friendly (specific and personalized); timely; ongoing; and consistent.
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7 tips for providing effective feedback
Check our KUtztown exCEL article about providing effective feedback.