Making Hybrids Work: An Institutional Framework for Blending Online and Face-to-Face Instruction in Higher Education - Softcover

Paull, Joanna N.; Snart, Jason Allen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814130534 ISBN 13: 9780814130537

Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), 2016

Synopsis

Making Hybrids Work provides a resource for institutions of higher education to grow and sustain quality hybrid curricula, outlining an institutional framework by focusing on defining and advertising hybrids; developing, supporting, and assessing hybrid programs; and training faculty.

The hybrid instructional mode, which combines online and face-to-face learning in a single course, has, according to the National Education Association, the potential to maximize student learning in the twenty-first century. And interest in hybrids is growing—by administrators, by faculty, and by students. But a truly effective hybrid curriculum works only when colleges and universities invest in broad, institutional planning and decision making, as well as strong professional development opportunities for faculty. 

To examine the reality rather than the hype of a hybrid curriculum, authors Joanna N. Paull and Jason Allen Snart look at several existing hybrid courses in a variety of disciplines, as well as explore the possibilities and limitations of teaching with technology. Although there is no one easy path to instituting a hybrid curriculum, the authors argue that the hybrid model might well offer a potential “best of both worlds” in its blending of online and face-to-face instruction, but only with a strong foundation of institutional planning and professional support in place.

About this title

About the Author

Jason Snart completed his undergraduate and Masters degrees in English at the University of Alberta. He earned his Ph.D from the University of Florida in 2002 and is now a Professor of English at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. His research interests cover British Romantic and Modern authors - including William Blake, Joseph Conrad, and James Joyce - as well as teaching across multiple delivery modes, face-to-face, online, and hybrid. He is currently editor of the Online Literacies Open Resource (OLOR), published under the auspices of the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (glosole.org).

Edition details

• Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814130534
• ISBN 13: 9780814130537
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 227