Hybrid teaching in Aalto University
Hybrid teaching is an increasingly relevant topic at Aalto University, but sometimes it is unclear what is meant by hybrid teaching, and how it should be implemented. This quick guide gives an overview of hybrid teaching, as well as tips for equipment and spaces available at Aalto. The fastest way to get started is by checking through the checklist below.
Checklist for hybrid teaching
Before the hybrid session
- Reflect, on whether a hybrid model is certainly the best alternative available to support students learning. Support for decision-making can be asked from digital pedagogy specialists.
- Check, that the room booked for your teaching is labeled "lecture capture" from the booking.aalto.fi service. You can see the room equipment listed there.
- Reserve enough time for planning the structure and schedule carefully.
- If needed, ask your school for audiovisual equipment to borrow, or make use of Aalto Takeout’s equipment.
- Test the implementation of your session before, if possible.
- Ask students to register or otherwise inform you whether they will be present on-campus or online. For this, you can use for example the Choice activity found in MyCourses. During eg. Covid restrictions, make sure you know how many people are allowed in the space.
- Inform the students about room details and online participation links as early as possible.
During the hybrid session
- At the beginning of the session, check that all the participants (on-campus and online) are able to see and hear each other and that your screen sharing is functioning.
- Describe the structure and practicalities of the hybrid session, and instruct how to ask for speaking turns, comments or questions both online and on-campus.
- In case problems arise during the session, be in contact with the Lobby Services (https://www.aalto.fi/en/service-entities/lobby-services) or IT Support (https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/it-end-user-support).