Subscribe RSS Feed Itunes | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn Connect @topcastnow (Use #topcastnow) Email Topcast Get More TOPcastEpisode 173: Campus-Based Student Demand for Online Options (and More!) from CHLOE 9Episode 172: Online Education in GuatemalaEpisode 171: The “North Star” of Online Learners’ NeedsEpisode 170: “Wise Use” of Rapidly Changing AI ToolsEpisode 169: You Know Your Institution is Doing Online Ed Strategically When… View All Posted on August 3, 2020February 2, 2022 by cdladminEpisode 71: Field Report #5: Finding Flexibility for F2F This Fall: The BlendFlex Approach About Episode 71: Many institutions will be offering at least some f2f instruction this fall. Kelvin and Tom talk through the details of one flexible approach for making fall f2f less disruptable: BlendFlex. This episode is the fifth in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. Podcast Recording https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-671.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:03 — 29.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Download Transcript: [PDF] Episode 71 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Frequency Blend from Intelligentsia Coffee Content Links In Inside HigherEd: “Introducing a New(-ish) Learning Mode: Blendflex/Hyflex” From EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative: [Updated] “7 Things You Should Know About the HyFlex Course Model” Free eText by Dr. Brian J. Beatty: “Hybrid-Flexible Course Design: Implementing Student-Directed Hybrid Classes” UCF BlendFlex Resources “What Faculty Need to Know About the BlendFlex Model” Video: BlendFlex for Faculty“What Students Need to Know About the BlendFlex Model” Video: BlendFlex for StudentsStudent-produced video from UCF honors students: “Important Things and Stuff: Class Modalities” Just for Fun Separated at Birth? Mirror Universe? Other TOPcast Podcasts TOPcast: This Old Pinball PodcastThe TopCast – The Official Music Teachers’ PodcastTopcast (A Spanish language weekly podcast about pop music news) Extra Special Feature Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)