Facilitating Conditions for Hybrid Teaching Among Academics

Abstract

Hybrid teaching has come to the fore post pandemic disruption. Although universities are making an effort to ‘return to normal', the legacy of the pandemic, alongside the ever-present need to remain competitive, is the demand for flexibility in learning and access to online learning. Many academics are now facing the challenge of hybrid teaching. It is much more than simply using technology to transmit the lecturer's voice and classroom images between physical and virtual locations. Educators need to consider how to develop effective learning strategies that provide quality and equal opportunity. This requires creativity alongside knowledge of pedagogy and technology. It must be considered that educators need to be committed to hybrid teaching and fully engage. There are existing studies in the related domain of blended learning which can help create insights into what factors will support effective hybrid teaching. The author reports on a study of factors academics to blended learning strategies and highlights how the results of the study are useful to hybrid teaching.