{"id":35261,"date":"2020-06-11t17:52:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-11t22:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=35261"},"modified":"2020-07-01t21:10:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02t02:10:54","slug":"active-learning-in-hybrid-and-socially-distanced-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2020\/06\/active-learning-in-hybrid-and-socially-distanced-classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"active learning in hybrid and physically distanced classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

by derek bruff, director<\/em><\/p>\n

if you\u2019ve read norman clark\u2019s hypothetical day in the life of a physically distanced classroom<\/a>, then you\u2019ve probably started to worry about how faculty and other instructors might facilitate discussion, group work, and other forms of active learning this fall. if i\u2019m standing at the front of the classroom with half or a third of my students in the room with me, but sitting six feet apart from each other and wearing masks, while the rest of my students are joining class by videoconference, what strategies might i employ to engage all of my students in meaningful learning?<\/p>\n

i\u2019m going to try to outline some options here in this blog post, drawing on ideas and resources from across the higher education community, but i would enthusiastically welcome additional approaches in the comments below or via hypothesis annotations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

first, let\u2019s take a big-picture view of fall courses on many college and university campuses this fall. we\u2019re likely to see perhaps a handful of courses fully in-person, more courses fully online, and a significant number of courses taught in some kind of hybrid or blended fashion. see these infographics<\/a> from the office of teaching effectiveness and innovation (otei) at clemson university for a useful overview of options. decisions about modalities will be made at a number of levels (department, school, university) for a number of different reasons (safety, pedagogy, student access). i\u2019m happy to talk (elsewhere) about the pros and cons of these decisions<\/a>, but for the purposes of this blog post, i\u2019m assuming faculty have opted into or been required to teach in some blended or hybrid manner, one which will feature synchronous class sessions with a mix of in-person and online students. to be clear, i\u2019m not arguing for classrooms structured this way; i\u2019m just being realistic that many instructors will be facing them this fall.<\/p>\n

i\u2019m also assuming a few practical things:<\/p>\n