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Introduction to Hybrid and Online Teaching Course

The Teaching & Learning Centre offers a fully online Introduction to Hybrid & Online Teaching course. This boot camp style course is offered each semester to faculty who are looking for practical hands-on experience underpinned with hybrid learning course design theory. The course will be delivered asynchronously with 2 optional F2F/Online sessions that will also be recorded and runs over 6 weeks where you will work through interactive modules, participate in weekly discussions and complete a series of weekly assignments that you can use in your hybrid/online course. The estimated time to complete weekly readings and activities is about 2-3 hours. We’ve set the course up to allow for maximum flexibility for participants to complete the work in a way that works with their schedule. The only hard deadlines each week are to complete the assignments and discussions as indicated on the course timeline. Faculty who complete all required components of the course will be eligible to receive a micro-credential in Hybrid Learning!

To learn more about the course please contact Teaching and Learning for more information: teaching@senecacollege.ca.

To register in the course please visit MyPD.

Check out this video on the basics of hybrid/blended learning:

Quality Framework

As part of Seneca’s commitment to quality and teaching standards of practice, a quality framework has been developed to evaluate the quality of hybrid and online courses at Seneca. This quality framework can be used as a guide when developing hybrid and online courses and as a tool to evaluate existing online and hybrid courses. If you have questions about how to interpret or apply the framework, please contact Karen Spiers, Manager, Online & Hybrid Development.

Hybrid Articles from the Academic Newsletter

The following hybrid articles were shared by the Seneca community in the Academic Newsletter:

• Evaluating Quality in Online Course Design 
• Seneca Hybrid & Online Courses: Quality Framework 
• Hybrid Course Development – What’s New! 
• Hybrid Course Design 

Learning Online Resources for Your Students

Please share these resources with your students:

• Five Tips for Online Learning: This contains two sets of tips for learning online - a list for students and a list for faculty
• Learning Online at Seneca: This website contains resources to help you succeed as an online learner. You can learn more about online learning, where to get support, tools to help them, and academic integrity online.
• Are You Ready for Online Learning at Seneca?: This module will take 10 minutes to complete. You will be provided with resources specific to your needs at the end of the module. The time needed to read/watch the specific resources will vary depending on how much support you need.