hybrid small group model: background
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Hybrid Small Group Model: Background . Seminar with emphasis on small group interaction and discussion 2 instructors with 7 face-to-face and 15 online students 1 Tech Nav for pre/post design and real-time support. Hybrid Small Group Model: Primary Challenges. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Hybrid Small Group Model:Background
• Seminar with emphasis on small group interaction and discussion
• 2 instructors with 7 face-to-face and 15 online students
• 1 Tech Nav for pre/post design and real-time support
Hybrid Small Group Model:Primary Challenges
• How to move students easily from one discussion “space” to another
• How can instructors “sample” the discussions for impressions of student understanding
Innovating theHybrid Small Group Model
• Iteration 1: Shared iPads• Iteration 2: Shared desktops• Iteration 3: Audio configuration
1. Techniques/Courseware: How the tech was set up
2. Context & Issues: Problems that arose3. Solutions: How we addresses the problems
Iteration 1: Hybrid Small Group
4. Balcony – laptop connected to Sony SMART TV
2. Audio input/output – Chat160 speakerphone
1. Instructor station – Mac Mini + SMART board
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3. Instructor only cam – iPad on tripod (Tripad)
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5. Student stations – Separate Google Hangouts with face-to-face and online participants
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Iteration 1: Context and Issues• Hangouts envisioned as “spaces” students
could enter and leave as required– iPads did not support Hangouts when no one was
present• Use of audio splitters on iPads not 100%
effective• Confines made simultaneous small group
discussion difficult (audio overlap)
Iteration 1: Needed Solutions
• Larger facilities– transitions between stations was not smooth for face-to-
face students• More focused audio channels• Devices to support stable online group discussions
Instructors, Tech Nav, and the Design Studio team determined a need for:
Iteration 2: Hybrid Small Group
1. Balcony – laptop connected to projector screen showing online participants in GTM
3. Audio input/output – Chat160 speakerphone
4. Student stations – Separate Google Hangouts with face-to-face and online participants
2. Instructor only cam – iPad on tripod (Tripad)
Iteration 2: Applied Solutions
• Relocate to a larger room• Replace shared iPads with shared desktop
iMacs• Audio splitters more effective with desktop
computers– More focused audio channels
• Confines made simultaneous small group discussion manageable
Iteration 2: Context and Issues
• Larger room made background noise more distracting
• Online students having difficulty hearing instructors
Iteration 3: Applied Solutions• Wireless microphones paired to desktops at
each student station
Conclusions• Instructors’ pedagogical strategy and vision
leads the design• Configurations should be tested extensively
but…• Human interactions and the environment can
require radical changes to initial configurations
Conclusions (cont.)• Clear, focused audio is VITAL• Tech Nav: vital to assisting and assessing
pre/post class needs and real-time support• Configurations can always be refined to
support specific pedagogical visions