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Building Learning Communities with Hybrid Courses
NMC Online Conference on Social ComputingNovember 2004Robert Kaleta and Alan Aycock
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Session Presenters
Bob Kaleta
Alan Aycock
Session Overview1. Hybrid definition and description
2. Social interaction in hybrid courses
3. Role of asynchronous discussion forums
4. Hybrid assignment demonstration
5. Pedagogical advantages
6. Lessons learned
Hybrid Course DescriptionDefinition
• Partially online courses where significant portions of the course learning activities are online and face-to-face classroom time has been reduced.
• Partially online
• Partially face-to-face
Hybrid Course DescriptionTerminology
• Hybrid• Blended
Opportunity• Hybrid courses provide an opportunity to
combine the best elements of face-to-face instruction with the best aspects of distance education
Basic Hybrid DescriptionStudents
• Spend more time working individually and collaboratively on assignments, projects, and activities
Faculty • Spend less time lecturing and more time
reviewing and evaluating student work and guiding and interacting with students
Hybrid Courses & Community
Initial concerns of faculty• Fewer face-to-face meetings
• Less social interaction with students• Will not know students as well• Will not feel connected to students• Will have less discussion
• Less social interaction between students
Hybrid Courses & CommunityHybrid course outcomes
• More interaction with students• Greater student participation in discussion
• Online and in class
• Know students better• Academically and personally
• Feel more connected to students
• More interaction between students
Hybrid Courses & CommunityWhy is there greater social interaction?
• More opportunities for interaction• Asynchronous discussion forums• Face-to-face discussion• Small group work
• Online• Face-to-face
• E-mail• Online chat
Hybrid Courses & CommunityCourse redesign is critical
• Must build-in opportunities for interaction
• Must provide guidance and parameters
• Must incorporate in assessment plan
• Must integrate with face-to-face component
Asynchronous Discussion Forums• Most common online activity in courses
• Stable technology that is easy to use
• Permanent threaded record of submissions and interaction
• Removes or reduces problems with group work
• Reduces many social and cultural factors that inhibit face-to-face discussion
Hybrid Course Assignment
Anthropology of Religion• Senior-level course• 20-25 students• 1/3 Online• 2/3 face-to-face
Hybrid Assignment Design“Closing the loop”
• Rehearsal
• Reflection
• Sharing
• Responding
• Debriefing
Pedagogical AdvantagesStudents must participate
Students address one another directly
Threads allow complex issues to be systematically discussed and reviewed
Time for students to reflect
Stimulates in-class discussion
Hybrid Courses & CommunityAsynchronous discussion forums
• Lessons learned • Frame the discussion
• Identify the instructor’s voice
• Keep the conversation going
• Assess learning outcomes and learning process
• Integrate with face-to-face component
Contact InformationLearning Technology CenterUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
LTC@uwm.edu
414 229-4319
Alan Aycockaycock@uwm.edu
Robert Kaletakaleta@uwm.edu