Category Archives: Hybrid Course Design

Pitfalls and Challenges to Avoid Them

Reading through the many pitfalls of online courses helped me reflect on the content of my face-to-face and online courses. The Hybrid approach that I am working toward deploying next term, is a way for me to carefully scrutinize and … Continue reading

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My Hybrid Course in a Nutshell – Kathy Greaves

Hi all 🙂   You probably don’t know me but I was part of the spring, 2013 Hybrid Learning Community. I tend to say that I failed the course miserably but Cub has been kind enough to say that I … Continue reading

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My Hybrid Course in a Nutshell

A quick overview of the class.  It’s BA101 – Introduction to Business.  As the title implies the course is designed to introduce students to the world of business – as such it is a “mile wide and an inch deep” … Continue reading

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My hybrid course (ECON 424/524) in a nutshell

Here’s a description of my hybrid course, ECON 424/524: Introduction to Econometrics, in a nutshell. The course will enroll 25-30 students, mostly junior and senior economics majors. The course covers the basics of econometric analysis, focusing on multivariate linear regression … Continue reading

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How to encourage student-student interaction?

Of the five common pitfalls of online course design, I’m worried about all of them when it comes to designing my hybrid course. The one that gives me most pause, though, is #5: “ignore the ways students learn from each … Continue reading

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Pitfalls of OL Course Design #4

This pitfall suggests that we need to open up spaces for our students to experiment with material as a means of learning and should reject the banking theory of knowledge that dominated education in the modern era.  I’m fairly sure … Continue reading

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The Web is the New Pencil

As a librarian I see a lot of different habits and workflows when it comes to finding and organizing information from the web.  No matter what discipline we might be in or position we might hold in academia, we all … Continue reading

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Diagnosis and Assessment Class

Mental health counselors are required to have a diagnosis and assessment course in which they learn how to identify, correctly diagnose, and treat mental disorders (such as depression or anxiety). This requirement is by Oregon State law and the accreditation … Continue reading

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Balancing field experiences, F2F, and web-based learning

The course that I am transforming into a hybrid course is TCE 309: Field Practicum (3 quarter credits). This course is designed for undergraduate students who want to explore teaching in formal and/or informal settings by allowing them to engage … Continue reading

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Creativity, Space, and Audience

“Online Course Design Pitfall #4: Expect your students to consume knowledge rather than create it.”  The balance between taking in new information vs. applying that knowledge in creative, constructive ways has been on my mind a lot over the past couple … Continue reading

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