SYNCHRONOUS HYBRID EDUCATION

This course introduces you to the conceptual, pedagogical and technical challenges of hybrid synchronous learning and teaching. By the end of the course you will be able to: 

• Design, develop, and offer a synchronous hybrid course, incorporating best practices, experiences, and learning theories

• Make informed decisions on how to merge the social component and the learning objectives & activities with an increased desire for flexibility

• Understand how students and teachers act in this learning environment, and how hybrid choices affect programs and policy

BLENDING YOUR EDUCATION

This course teaches prepares you for designing and developing blended education and teaching (a deliberate combination of online and offline learning activities). By the end of the course you will be able to: 

• Design, develop, and offer a blended course for campus students, incorporating best practices, experiences, and learning theories 
• Redesign courses to be more inclusive and engaging based on what we learned from COVID experiences in teaching 
• Implement blended learning solutions for your own situation using the EMBED model 
• Evaluate your course and create a course improvement plan 

ONLINE EDUCATION

The DigiTel Pro Course for Online Teaching and Learning provides strategies and resources to successfully design and implement teaching and learning solutions in online environments. No matter if your teaching model is going to be fully online or just a part of your hybrid model, this course will help you to understand the principles and the logics of the different elements interacting in an educational online environment. 

From the foundations of distance education and its different pedagogical approaches and the different role that teachers have to play, to the learning design of a course, the way you can orchestrate your classroom when moving to online, how to assess and evaluate, and what are the emerging trends and technologies that will let you to innovate in your teaching.