As SPU faculty consider options for fall, and explore on campus, online, and hybrid approaches, here is one option that ETM thinks will work for a hybrid approach.

Overview

Design an online course and have on campus seminars as part of it.

The course includes asynchronous lectures, readings, and assignments (in Canvas), on-campus small group seminars each week (repeated multiple times for different students), a synchronous whole class Zoom session per week (60 minutes per week max; not used for primary lecture; active learning or review or housekeeping and chat).

Reasoning:

• This has small group on-campus or online community (seminar) and whole cohort community (large Zoom)
• This can include self-isolating students (have a Zoom alternative for weekly seminar)
• This doesn’t require recording whiteboards or doc cams in classrooms
• Students are able to access course content without all the possible interruptions that go with synchronous Zoom meetings
• This avoids Zoom fatigue
• This plan can easily adjust to Wave 2 (if needed)
• There’s a clear plan for students no matter what happens
• Although there’s considerable extra work before the quarter begins, once the quarter begins the extra seminar meetings don’t increase workload during quarter.

Technology needed:

• Webcam
• Microphone/ headset
• Canvas (Remote Teaching Template as starting point)
• Panopto (for lectures)
• Zoom for synchronous online