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RECREATING A FINITE HYBRID CLASSROOM USING HIGH-TECH/HIGH-TOUCH Roneet Merkin Florida International University March, 2020

RECREATING A FINITE HYBRID CLASSROOM USING HIGH-TECH/HIGH-TOUCH Roneet Merkin Florida International University March, 2020

MOTIVATION ▪ Desire to create more engaging classroom experience ▪ Need to create more learning time in class ▪ 30/30/40 university goal ▪ Why not?

PROCESS ▪ Backwards Design ▪ Collaboration ▪ Revision ▪ Feedback ▪ Administrative Support

MAIN COMPONENTS IN-CLASS Group Work Learning Assistants In-Class Quizzes ASSESSMENTS POST-CLASS PRE-CLASS Homework Pre-Class Assignments Quizzes Video Reflections Projects Video Examples Math Lab

BENEFITS OF HYBRID?

BENEFITS ▪ Forces faculty to envision the course as a continuum ▪ Reduction of on campus time commitment for students ▪ Students take control of their own learning process ▪ Allows for a somewhat individualized learning pace

DRAWBACKS OF HYBRID?

DRAWBACKS ▪ Devalued class time ▪ Less classmate engagement ▪ Fewer student/instructor interactions ▪ Lack of seeking support for out-of-class content ▪ Difficulty getting completion of out-of-class work

WHAT WE DO

WHAT WE DO Pay close attention in weeks 1-3 Email/Text students both when ▪ ▪ to see who is struggling with they perform poorly and well on onboarding into the course exams Email/Text students individually Focus on struggling students ▪ ▪ when they fall behind in specific during class time areas Continuously update grades ▪ Fill out progress reports when ▪ Reach out to students who ▪ students stop engaging missed exams to offer makeups

IS IT WORKING?

PASS RATES FINITE MATH PASS RATES 100% 90% 81% 75% 80% 72% 71% 70% 66% 70% 76% 61% 60% 65% 64% 62% 61% 59% 50% 40% 45% 44% 30% 20% 10% 0% Fall '13 Spring Fall '14 Spring Fall '15 Spring Fall '16 Spring Fall '17 Spring Fall '18 Spring Fall '19 '14 '15 '16 '17 '17 '19 Non-Hybrid Hybrid

DROP RATES FINITE MATH DROP RATES 20% 18% 16% 14% 15% 12% 12% 12% 11% 10% 8% 8% 10% 7% 8% 8% 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 4% 6% 4% 2% 0% Fall '13 Spring Fall '14 Spring Fall '15 Spring Fall '16 Spring Fall '17 Spring Fall '18 Spring Fall '19 '14 '15 '16 '17 '17 '19 Non-Hybrid Hybrid

THANK YOU

QUESTIONS? Rmerkin@fiu.edu