Hybrid Courses

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  • Would you like to pay less for gas?
  • Are you interested in online classes but enjoy face-to-face contact with an instructor in a traditional classroom?
  • Would you like the opportunity to earn better grades than students in traditional classrooms?

Hybrid Classes Are Excellent

Consider enrolling in a HYBRID class that combines face-to-face instruction with online learning.  In some cases, you can actually complete two classes within the same time period. If you don’t own a computer, you can use the computers in the Learning Lab or Media Center to complete assignments.

How are hybrid classes preferable to online or traditional classrooms?

Not only are HFCC hybrid classes taught by some of our most innovative instructors, but hybrid students tend to earn higher grades.  In fact, HFCC instructors have remarked that students in hybrid classes are more likely to earn A’s and B’s. Furthermore, nationwide research has demonstrated that students perform equally well or even better in hybrid classes than in either traditional or online classes (Vengroff).  In order to succeed in such a framework, you do need the discipline to schedule at least several hours a week for online assignments.

How is a hybrid class set-up?

Hybrid courses typically allow students to attend class with their instructors once a week. In some cases, students attend two class sessions (MW) a week on campus, but the Friday session is done online. During this class session, the instructor usually introduces each new assignment, and students are able to “touch base” to clear up confusion about course materials or assignments or to clarify any ambiguous points. During the first in-class session in a computer lab, students are introduced to the virtual classroom to learn how to navigate through the online component. Since the in-class sessions are conducted in a computer classroom, students can type in-class essays and use Spell Check instead of having to scribble and use an erasable pen. Students also have the opportunity to customize their work around weekly deadlines rather than scrambling to complete work during the week for multiple class meetings, allowing students to work over the weekend or at times when they have fewer demands from work and other classes. In this sense, students get the best of both worlds: the convenience that comes with asynchronous on-line instruction coupled with the quality of instruction that traditional methods typically afford – all while having to attend a reduced number of physical class sessions.

Background Research

In “Hybrid Education: The Future of Instructional Models,” Amy Fanter identifies the following benefits:

This kind of active learning results in better test performance and what is known as subject mastery (or subject knowledge). In addition, students in hybrid programs are more likely to participate in group discussions and collaborate online with other students because there is not only ample opportunity to prepare a response, but also because they are not physically speaking in front of a group. . . . However, even though students seem more confident about being involved with discussions online, it is important to keep in mind that it is because of the actual on-campus classroom component that students are more likely to find success in a hybrid course than in a strictly online class.
Vengroff, Richard. and Bourbeau, James. "In-class vs. On-line and Hybrid Class Participation and Outcomes: Teaching the Introduction to Comparative Politics Class" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC, Feb 18, 2006 Online <PDF>. 2008-06-27 http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p101324_index.html

ENGLISH HYBRID CLASSES

Section Course Day Time Instructor
186967 ENG 081 07 T 8:10-9:30 a.m. VARITEK, T
186968 ENG 081 08 R 8:10-9:30 a.m. VARITEK, T
187042 ENG 131 04 M W 8:08-9:00 a.m. CLIETT
187044 ENG 131 06 T 8:10-9:30 a.m. MCKEAND
187045 ENG 131 07 R 8:10-9:30 a.m. MCKEAND
187047 ENG 131 09 M W 9:08-10 a.m. CLIETT
187054 ENG 131 16 F 9:40-11 a.m. STAFF
187058 ENG 131 M W 11:08-12 p.m. RODERIQUE
187065 ENG 131 27 T 11:10-12:30 p.m. MCILROY
187066 ENG 131 28 R 11:10-12:30 p.m. MCILROY
187067 ENG 131 29 F 11:10-12:30 p.m. CASTLE
187076 ENG 131 38 F 12:40-2 p.m. ROBERTS
187079 ENG 131 41 M W 1:08-2 p.m. JANNOT
187085 ENG 131 47 T 2:10-3:30 p.m. RODERIQUE
187086 ENG 131 48 R 2:10-3:30 p.m. AMADA S
187167 ENG 131 71 M 4:30-5:50 p.m. RODERIQUE
187087 ENG 131 49 T 2:10-3:30 p.m. STEWARD T
187088 ENG 131 50 R 2:10-3:30 p.m. STEWARD
187089 ENG 131 51 F 2:10-3:30 p.m. ROBERTS
187103 ENG 132 03 M W 8:08-9:00 a.m. HAZLETT A
187106 ENG 132 06 M W 9:08-10 a.m. HAZLETT A
187108 ENG 132 08 F 9:40-11 a.m. KARTUB S
187110 ENG 132 10 MW 10:08-11 a.m. JANNOT K
187113 ENG 132 13 T 11:10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. STILL S
187114 ENG 132 14 R 11:10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. STILL S
187115 ENG 132 15 F 11:10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. KARTUB S
187118 ENG 132 18 F 12:40- 2 p.m. STAUFFER
187120 ENG 132 M W 1:08-2 p.m. CADY
187125 ENG 132 25 F 2:10-3:30 p.m. STAUFFER
187134 ENG 135 01 M W 10:08-1 p.m. RODERIQUE
187165 ENG 121 70 W 4:30-5:50 p.m. VARITEK T
187179 ENG 132 70 W 4:30-5:50 p.m. CLIETT V
187180 ENG 132 71 T 4:30-5:50 p.m. STILL S
187181 ENG 132 72 R 4:30-5:50 p.m. LOPEZ
187185 ENG 132 76 R 6-7:20 p.m. LOPEZ

MATH HYBRID CLASSES

All Math 110 sections require online homework

Section Course Day Time Instructor
187567 MATH 110 07 F 9:08-11 a.m. GILLILAND J
187577 MATH 110 17 F 12:08-2 p.m. GILLILAND J

SOCIAL SCIENCE HYBRID CLASSES

Section Course Day Time Instructor
187887 POLS 131 11 T 9:40-11 a.m. PERRY A
187888 POLS 131 12 R 9:40-11 a.m. PERRY A
187894 POLS 131 18 T 11:10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PERRY A
187904 POLS 131 29 M 1:10-2:30 p.m. PERRY A
187905 POLS 131 30 W 1:10-2:30 p.m. PERRY A
187915 POLS 131 73 W 7:30-8:50 p.m. PERRY A
188290 PSY 253 02 R 11:10-12:30 p.m. THORNBURG M

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