Episode 71: Field Report #5: Finding Flexibility for F2F This Fall: The BlendFlex Approach

About Episode 71: Many institutions will be offering at least some f2f instruction this fall. Kelvin and Tom talk through the details of one flexible approach for making fall f2f less disruptable: BlendFlex. This episode is the fifth in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [PDF] Episode 71 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Frequency Blend from Intelligentsia Coffee Content Links In Inside HigherEd: “Introducing a New(-ish) Learning Mode: Blendflex/Hyflex” From EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative: [Updated] “7 Things You Should Know About the HyFlex Course Model” Free eText by Dr. Brian J. Beatty: “Hybrid-Flexible Course Design: Implementing Student-Directed Hybrid Classes” UCF BlendFlex Resources “What Faculty Need to Know About the BlendFlex Model” Video: BlendFlex for Faculty “What Students Need to Know About the BlendFlex Model” Video: BlendFlex for Students Student-produced video from UCF honors students: “Important Things and Stuff: Class Modalities” Just for Fun Separated at Birth? Mirror Universe? Other TOPcast Podcasts TOPcast: This Old Pinball Podcast The TopCast – The Official Music Teachers’ Podcast Topcast (A Spanish language weekly podcast about pop music news) Extra Special Feature Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)