. In an instant, students moved out of classrooms, lecture halls, and labs, shifting to completely online learning. But as things slowly go back to normal, it's clear that the pandemic has been a catalyst for new teaching models that combine online and in-person components.
"As institutions continue to grapple with the aftermath of the pandemic, they're realizing that student and faculty experience are critical to drive engagement," Renee Patton, leader of global education and healthcare at Cisco, said. "Better engagement leads to better retention, and ultimately, to better outcomes."Flexible hybrid models can help deliver personalized education to suit different learning and teaching styles, and provide students with more choice.
Hybrid models affect not only how students learn, but who can learn. One question is whether higher education institutions will use the technical opportunities to better reach people already in the workforce who are looking for professional development and reorientation, said, a Brussels-based association that allows its members in 48 countries to share ideas.
During the pandemic, Jonas Rohleder, a gymnastic lecturer in the German Sport University in Cologne, tackled what seemed like the impossible: teaching gymnastics virtually. He created a flipped classroom model, also referred to as asynchronous learning, which means he wanted to give students the flexibility to complete lessons according to their own schedules. To do so, he quickly produced a library of video tutorials, which he shared using Webex.
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