Mixed-Mode Teaching Demonstration Videos
Physical and Digital Whiteboards in a Mixed-Mode Classroom Video
This mode of instruction affords the greatest level of flexibility but requires reflection on several design considerations (below) before adopting a particular strategy.
Mixed instruction includes some combination of:
- In-person + Remote Synchronous
- In-person + Remote Asynchronous
- In-person + Remote Synchronous + Remote Asynchronous
Lecture
- Space: What affordances do you have given the available classroom space/technology?
- Comfort: How comfortable are you with conducting lectures through in-person, remote synchronous, or asynchronous instruction? To what degree would you want to mix the three options?
- Purpose of Recording: To what degree are you planning to record lectures to connect with students who miss synchronous class sessions, replace in-person class sessions for everyone, or act as a supplement for students seeking additional clarity?
- Engagement: What are the constraints for the interactive components you might include for in-person, remote synchronous, and asynchronous instruction?
In-class Activities
- What are the trade-offs for students when participating in activities for in-person, remote synchronous, and asynchronous instruction?
- How many of your designed activities can be done individually?
- How many of your designed activities need to be done in small group settings?
Group Work
To what degree to you expect your student groups to work together through in-person and remote synchronous meetings versus asynchronous meetings?
Assessments
- Quiz/Exam: How would you execute quizzes/exams to protect against threats to academic integrity in your class?
- Assignments: How much are individual assignments and group projects dependent on synchronous collaboration in class?
Attendance
Is it important that students participate synchronously (in person or remotely) in the course?
- What will students gain from synchronous interaction, whether student-to-student or student-to-faculty?
- Is there something about the demographic of the students (e.g., first-year students) that makes attendance particularly important?
- Is there something about the nature of the content (e.g., concepts build on previous ideas) that makes attendance particularly important?
- If requiring attendance, the attendance policy may require some nuance to provide flexibility for those who experience COVID-19-related absences.
- Consider using online discussion forums, rather than daily attendance, to monitor participation.
