Hybrid Education

Below you find an overview of relevant information when (starting with) making your education hybrid.
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Last updated on 30-08-2022

Things to consider in making your education hybrid


What is hybrid education?

ā€œEducation that is provided simultaneously to students who are on site and to students who are at a distance and participate onlineā€
 

Basic didactics

Setting up your hybrid lecture

Take a close look at the design and nature of your education when making your education hybrid. Ensure you set up your education in such a way that it serves both the on-site and the online student group. In going over your options, have a look at the hybrid education overview on the Teaching & Learning Support website. For didactical questions, please contact a learning developer by emailing to teaching-support@tudelft.nl
In doing so, think of, for example: using polling (Turning Point), asking question by raising hands (in the room, but also online) or by using an online discussion board.

Assistance during your hybrid lecture

Consider appointing a student (assistant) on-site to monitor the chat and raise his/her hand to read out the questions from the students at home. Also, this assistant can help you out with technical issues (such camera/sound problems) that might come about during the lecture. 

Breaks

Schedule mini-break moments in your hybrid education to check whether everyone (both on-site and online students) understand the content and like the pace of your lecture. Check this, for instance, every ten minutes. Also, do not forget to offer students enough break(time).

Repeating student questions

Repeat questions that are asked (online and on-site) so both student groups are always on the same page. This also helps yourself to better think about your answer.

Back-up plan

Things never go as planned. Therefore, it is a good idea to have back-up plans in your hybrid lecture. For instance, prepare an assignment for your students to keep them occupied if anything unexpected happens. 

Level of interactivity 

Think through which degree of interactivity you aim for. In going over your options, have a look at the hybrid education overview on the Teaching & Learning Support website. Make sure to limit the gap between online- and on-site student experiences. Students online slip away more easily.
Pay special attention to how both the on-site and online students can participate actively in your lecture ā€“ and whether your interactivity requires both groups interacting with each other.

Working in smaller groups

In hybrid education, you can also let your students work in small groups. For the online students use break-out rooms in doing so, while you split up your on-site students in smaller physical groups. Consider ā€œgoing aroundā€ and helping small groups of students. To spark a discussion. Discuss the output of the groups in a way that works for both student groups (on-site and online). For example, use a shared document or online whiteboard to do this.Also, when working with break-out rooms donā€™t forget to give clear instructions (what is the assignment, what is expected, when to be back in the ā€˜main roomā€™). Remember to pair up online students with online students, and on-site students with on-site students for practical reasons. 

AV / Technical 

Most of the education rooms on campus are equipped with facilities for hybrid education. There are four standardized facilities:
ā€¢    Advanced hybrid facility
ā€¢    Basic hybrid facility
ā€¢    Fixed MeetUp set
ā€¢    Mobile MeetUp set on request
For availability at your faculty or building, have a look at ESViewer
Contact the Service Desk if you have any questions or need support on the equipment.
Advanced hybrid facility There are seven educations rooms on campus equipped with advanced facilities for hybrid education. Cameras, screens and a microphone-mist-system enable full interaction between the lecturer and all students. Participants online and in the room can hear and see each other as well as the lecturer.
Instruction manuals are available in the education rooms and can be found here: 
CEG Hall 1.95 | EEMCS Hall Chip | Pulse Hall 7 | Pulse Hall 9 |
Pulse Technology | TBM Lecture Hall A | ARCH Hall T
Basic hybrid facility The in-room camera and microphones (to be picked up at the Service Desk) are connected to the in-room PC. Participants online can only hear and see the lecturer with the microphone. Interaction between participants online and in the room is therefore limited.
Fixed MeetUp set / Mobile MeetUp set on request A Logitech MeetUp is a wide-angle camera and microphone set, so your online students can see and hear you properly. MeetUps have a range of vision of 120 degrees (to adjust the view you can rotate the tripod or trolley). The microphone range is about 4 m.
Interaction of students is limited, because students canā€™t see each other, and online students canā€™t hear the students in the room.
In cae of a Fixed MeetUp set, the equipment is available in the room. A mobile MeetUp set can be requested in advance at the Service Desk.
Each MeetUp comes with an instruction manual including text and images on how to set it up. 
Delay in time When using Teams or Zoom there will be no remarkable delay in the technic, except for Teams Live Event.
Sometimes a Collegerama Live stream is used for hybrid education. This is less suitable for interaction, because of a delay of approx.. 30 seconds.
Tooling Use a conference/streaming tool that is privacy proof and TUD supported. Have a look at this page to compare online meeting tools. 

Final check

Remember to do a final check (camera, audio, device/tool settings, chat, connection) before starting your hybrid lecture.

Students

Instructions

Provide both on-site and online students with clear instructions on how to interact with you and with each other.

Pace

Keep in mind to regularly ask both student groups (on-site and online) if they comfortable with the pace of your lecture. Again, also remember to take enough breaks.

Connectivity

Consider offering (online) students the opportunity to chat (with you) after the lecture to make them feel more connected. Allow space for humour to accelerate connectivity.

Feedback

Ask both online and on-site students to share their experience of the hybrid lecture. What should stay, what should be modified, and what should go? Use this feedback in the preparation of your next hybrid lecture.