Flexible Learning Environments for Improved Students Success

Student demand for flexible and diverse learning environments is increasingly significant. Institutions seeking to prioritize engaging student experiences must commit to providing students with well-designed learning environments that maximize the use of high-quality digital learning technologies and evidence-based teaching practices across all modality types. Furthermore, disruptions to learning are more commonplace as colleges and universities shift to modified operations in the face of inclement weather, technology interruptions, or public health emergencies. Colleges and universities understand the critical need to develop high-quality teaching and learning environments that can seamlessly switch back and forth between in-person and online education. This service engages institutional teams to use change management and continuous improvement approaches to create more strategic learning environments in online, hybrid, and face-to-face introductory courses or programs.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this service, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the institutional investments needed to provide students with learning opportunities that effectively integrate digital learning applications and evidence-based instruction across all learning modalities (online, hybrid, and face-to-face)
• Examine the varied impact of potential learning disruptions for students
• Through an assessment of institutional, programmatic, and departmental needs and capacities, identify critical areas for investment and improvement
• Learn about and prioritize the adoption and implementation of digital learning tools and instructional methods that center on student needs and enable student success in introductory courses
• Prepare your institution to support the implementation of an academic change management process that creates intentional learning environments in online, hybrid, and face-to-face introductory courses and/or academic programs

Service Deliverables

1. Complete a presentation with your institutional team’s takeaways from the course
2. Comprehensive, strategic action plan that establishes a change management process to integrate high-quality digital learning technologies and evidence-based instructional methods across multiple learning environments (online, hybrid, face-to-face) at your institution

Service Format

Blended

Confirguration

Workshop – facilitated, scheduled

Service Duration

12 weeks

Contact Hours

12 hours

Time on Task

22 hours for team members and 34 total hours for the project lead