Adapting a face-to-face course to online or hybrid teaching requires redesigning many aspects of the course including content structure and delivery, assessment, student engagement activities, and communication. Some key elements to consider:
- Breaking down the course into modules and providing a module roadmap.
- Adding asynchronous components: pre-recorded materials, additional notes, online resources.
- Providing students with opportunities to interact with content, peers, and with you (the instructor) in their own time, in order to supplement what is being done synchronously in class.
- Redesigning the assessment portion of the course: more continuous lower stakes assessment is recommended.
- Including activities that cultivate self-directed learning.
- Planning for increased flexibility and student support.
Guiding points
Teaching strategies and setup options.
Note: While planning for hybrid or in-person teaching in the Fall 2020 consider the possibility of having to deliver the course in an online only setting as well.
Some resources to begin with:
- A collection of teaching strategies for Fall 2020 teaching modalities: online, hybrid, in person, and various combinations. (ITLAL)
- CTL toolkit for online teaching available in CourseWorks only: Hybrid & Online Teaching Institute for Faculty (Columbia).
More online resources from Columbia CTL can be found here, and they include: - Teaching Math Online: a collection of resources that are math specific (AMS)
Some specific aspects to consider
Other recommendations
- Practice with the technology before classes start
- Make the course info available to students before classes starts
- Adapt the course description and syllabus to hybrid/online teaching by including
- “Community Agreement” (netiquette) outlining the expectations of communicating online.
- Resources to support your hybrid or online learners, whether technology support, academic support, or well-being.
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