Faculty Perspectives on HyFlex Instructional Challenges and Strategies

2024 Equity Conference - Day 1 - SESSION 3C: Faculty Perspectives on HyFlex Instructional Challenges and Strategies
Gina Riley & Kenny Hirschmann | CUNY Hunter College
Hybrid Flexible (HyFlex) instruction is a pedagogical method that provides an equity focused, student-centered experience, offering learners the choice of three different modalities of instruction: face-to-face, synchronous online and asynchronous online. There are a great number of advantages to this approach, but it does not come without its challenges. Instructors may find undertaking a HyFlex modality daunting as there are many moving parts, but these difficulties can be overcome with a methodical process. In this study, full and part time faculty members from six campuses of a large urban university system completed a survey regarding the challenges they faced in executing a HyFlex course, as well as the strategies they employed to mitigate those challenges. The results show that both technology and logistical factors posed the greatest challenges, and that communication and planning were essential in helping to manage them. In this workshop, we will discuss HyFlex and Equity; as well as how instructors can create a UDL-centered, HyFlex Classroom Culture.