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Can I zoom in? Low-Barrier Tactics for Ad Hoc Hybrid Class Arrangements Online

What do you do if a student requests to zoom in to your class, due to illness, travel, or for other reasons, when the course is not designated or designed as a hybrid course? Some course instructors permit virtual student access to their in-person courses, allowing them to continue to learn and participate with their peers. How can such an “ad hoc hybrid” class function smoothly? What technologies and tactics can support learning and interactions under these conditions? And what are the costs and benefits that instructors should keep in mind while deciding whether to allow students to zoom in?

In this interactive session, two educational developers will demonstrate and lead participants through several easy ways to adapt course activities to allow synchronous, hybrid student participation. Using MSU tech tools including zoom chat, polls, reactions, and breakout rooms; google docs and slides; online whiteboards; word clouds; and D2L, we will focus on low-barrier ways that instructors can translate effective in-person activities for virtual students. Participants will have the opportunity to share tactics that have worked in their own courses and discuss the costs and benefits of increasing virtual access to course environments.

Date:: Thursday, April 10, 2025
Time:: 10:00am - 11:00am
Time Zone:: Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Online:: This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
Audience:: Educator Network Future Faculty In-Class Educators
Categories:: DEIB & Student Success Online Session Special Topics Synchronous Session

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