Hyflex #3

 With omicron now starting to spread across Aotearoa New Zealand, institutes are challenged on two fronts. The first, how to provide learning for students who are unvaccinated and not able to attend f2f classes; the second on the provision of learning to students who are ill/or have symptoms and unable to be in class. Coupled with the above is also the challenge of teachers who are unvaccinated and teachers who become too ill to teach.

Continuing on from posts made last hear - Hyflex introduction and Hyflex challenges and updates, this post is another addition to record the progress of Hyflex into the Aotearoa NZ portfolio of delivery options. 

Hyflex approach to online learning is where learners are able to have a choice as to whether to attend class f2f or complete the session online. Learners choose which delivery method works. Hence, the interest in hyflex has increased expotentially across the pandemic as one option to provide flexibility to students.

Columbia University have a good site providing information and Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) in Invercargil, Aotearoa begin offering the option to students this year, It will be interesting to follow their progress as the development of resources and teaching capability will be keys to success. The SIT programme is on 'screen arts' and the student cohort will be digitally fluent. This is a key to hyflex success for learners and not all programmes will have similar learner profiles.