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Ideas for Hybrid Language Courses

Betsy Carter

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Roxxem

https://app.roxxem.com/home

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Teaching Hybrid Courses

  • What is a hybrid course?
  • Have you taught a hybrid course? Please tell us about your experiences! How was the course conceptualized?

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Teaching Hybrid Courses

  • What are affordances (to students, teachers, others) of hybrid courses?
  • What challenges do these courses present to students and teachers?
  • How can we overcome these challenges and make the most of these affordances?

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Teaching Hybrid Courses

  • What have you experienced? What can you imagine?
    • What are important aspects/characteristics of hybrid courses?
    • What forms can online components of hybrid courses take?
    • How can online and in-person components be meaningfully linked?

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Hybrid German Language Courses at the UofA

  • In-Person Sessions
    • Tuesdays & Thursdays
    • 1 hour and 15 minutes
  • Online-Unterricht
    • Due almost every Sunday

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An Example Unterricht

  • https://arizona.voicethread.com/myvoice/thread/28530483
  • Comment (text and/or voice) on the second slide: Wie geht es dir?
  • Look through the other slides.
    • Prepare to discuss:
      • What works?
      • What doesn’t?
      • Would you use VoiceThread for teaching hybrid courses?