Webinar: Designing HyFlex multimodal learning environments

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This recorded webinar provides a brief introduction to designing HyFlex multimodal learning environments, which allow students the flexibility to choose their mode of instruction. You’ll learn about the purpose of using the HyFlex instructional model and the benefits and challenges of implementing HyFlex activities across synchronous and asynchronous learning environments, online and in-person.

This webinar was co-presented by Liz du Plessis and Asmaa Albadawi, instructional designers with Missouri Online.

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HyFlex best practices

HyFlex is an instructional teaching model that allows students to choose their mode of instruction based on their own needs.

Authors

Liz DuPlessis

Liz du Plessis, M.Ed., Ph.D.

Manager of Instructional Design

Dr. Liz du Plessis is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism (1999) and Indiana University's U.S. history doctoral program (2009). She discovered her love for distance education while teaching correspondence and online courses for Indiana University. She earned a master of education in information science and learning technologies from Mizzou in 2011. Since then, she has been an instructional designer for the California Community Colleges system, MU Health Care and Missouri Online. She now serves as an instructional design manager for Missouri Online and has taught as an adjunct online instructor for the MU Department of History.

Asmaa Albadawai

Asmaa Albadawi, M.A.T.

Instructional Designer II

Areas of expertise include language arts and science education, educational pedagogy, learner engagement, classroom management, curriculum design/development, and instructional coaching.