This Week for Faculty: Build Community in Your Hybrid & Online Courses
Welcome to the Spring semester!
Access strategies and build community in your online and hybrid courses.
New Resource: Community Building in Online and Hybrid (HyFlex) Courses
What is community building and why is it important in online and hybrid (HyFlex) classes? How do I build community in my online and hybrid courses? This research-informed guide addresses these questions for both synchronous and asynchronous modalities.
Let’s Talk Hybrid/HyFlex Teaching: 30-Minute Check-Ins
Join us for CTL-facilitated check-in conversations to talk with colleagues who are teaching hybrid/HyFlex courses this semester. Share experiences, ideas, teaching strategies, brainstorm solutions to issues, and celebrate successes together. Register through the links below:
Dates and Times: January 14, February 3, March 11; April 14: and May 13, 12:15 PM–12:45 PM
Let’s Talk Online Teaching: 30-Minute Check-Ins
Are you teaching an online course in Spring 2021? How is it going? Join us for CTL-facilitated check-in conversations to talk with colleagues who are teaching online courses this semester. Share experiences, ideas, teaching strategies, brainstorm solutions to issues, and celebrate successes together. Register through the links below:
Dates and Times: January 14, February 3, March 11, April 14, and May 13, 2:00 PM–2:30 PM
(Hybrid) Hybrid & Online Teaching Institute Sessions
Are you teaching a hybrid/HyFlex course in Spring 2021? Enroll in the Hybrid & Online Teaching Institute to access a toolkit to help you plan your seminar, small lecture, or large lecture class.
Once you’ve completed the asynchronous Modules in CourseWorks (approximately 4 hours), including Module 5: Hybrid/HyFlex Essentials, join the CTL and other faculty participants for this 90-minute synchronous session. Join us to connect with colleagues teaching hybrid courses, share ideas and teaching approaches, discuss challenges and solutions in breakouts, engage in Q&A discussion, and plan for your course context.
This session will be held in a Columbia classroom on Morningside campus and will be facilitated using hybrid (HyFlex) methods. Participants can choose between attending via Zoom or in-person. Register through the links below:
Dates and Times: Wednesday, January 13; 12:15 PM–1:45 PM or Tuesday, January 19; 10:30 AM–12:00 PM
Office Hours and Consultations
The CTL is here to help! Access live, one-on-one CTL teaching support via Zoom (or phone) from 9:00 AM–5:00 PM, Monday–Friday.
Or, arrange a one-on-one consultation via Zoom (or phone) for support. Please email CTLfaculty@columbia.edu to set up a time to meet with one of our consultants.