Hybrid Course Design

Hybrid Courses - What, Why, & How

We provide a brief introduction to the topic of hybrid courses in a Prezi with voice-over. Approximately 30 minutes running time.

Resources - Technology - Sample Hybrid Syllabi - Workshop - Worksheets

Resources for Designing Hybrid Courses

10 Questions to consider when designing a hybrid course

Quality Course Framework Tutorial - This tutorial lets you begin wherever you are in the course design process. To best identify where you should begin, complete the pre-phase checklist, "Where do I start?".

Active Learning - We provide a variety of examples of active learning strategies that can be incorporated into online or face-to-face portions of a hybrid (or any) course.

Lesson Planning - Pay special attention to how to create learning objectives.

Hybrid Course Development from Texas State University

Hybrid Courses from the University of Wisconsin

Technology for Teaching the Hybrid Course

Jing - Simple and free to use. Record up to 5 minutes of video or screen capture. requires download to your computer.

Prezi - PowerPoint's hip cousin, this presentation software can be used in a variety of ways. Check out the examples on Prezi.com, as well as the educational pricing. Free version is completely web-based.

Pearltrees - A web-based tool you can use to collect and organize internet resources. Great for you to collect resources about your interests, organize online content for students, or to use as an assignment for students.

Screen-cast-o-matic - A web-based tool that allows you to record up to 15 minutes from your webcam and capture your screen, which you can then publish to YouTube or to a file to post later. The paid version ($15/year) allows you to edit, use the software offline, and record for as long as you like.

Captivate and Camtasia - These are both examples of authoring software that allow you to do a variety of things, including screencasting and voice-overs on uploaded PowerPoint. These are powerful programs, but you pay for what you get - individual licenses are around $300. The Office of Software Licensing offers Captivate at a reduced cost to University of Utah employees. Educational or institutional licenses may also be available - talk to your IT professional in your academic unit for details.

Ink2Go - This is another authoring software that also allows you to annotate presentations from your iPad or tablet PC. There is a free trial, and licensing is under $20.

5 Tools for Building a Next-Generation ‘Hybrid’ Class Website - An article from the Chronicle for Higher Education with some great ideas.

Sample Hybrid Syllabi

A special thank you to all of the University of Utah instructors who provided their syllabi as examples.

Hybrid Course Design Workshop (11/09/12)

Worksheets and Handouts

Hybrid Course Design Alignment Grid
Hybrid Course Design Alignment Grid - Completed Example

Hybrid Course Design Tips

Sample Hybrid Lesson Planning Template
Sample Hybrid Lesson Plan - Annotated Example

Revised Bloom with Verbs (helpful for creating learning objectives)