Concepts

At this point, it is crucial to explain some concepts and models that we have frequently encountered and used during this process.

• Hyflex: Hybrid + Flexible

Adapting to changing conditions and allowing a flexible approach, HyFlex (Hybrid + Flexible), which is a combination of the words hybrid (Hybrid) and flexible (Flexible), is a dynamic process to enable transition between models and scenarios (face-to-face, distance, hybrid). In HyFlex, technology is a natural part of the educational process. The approach allows flexible and uninterrupted attendance to/follow-up of the classes regardless of where, how, or when the students attend.

• Distance Learning

This is a learning approach that is designed under emergency conditions to physically move education from schools to online and offline environments/homes. This method is applied when schools are closed, students and/or teachers are at home, the educational activities are conducted remotely, and all academic processes (online & offline/synchronous and asynchronous) for all students are carried out outside of the school.

• Hybrid Learning

Hybrid learning is an education model where some students are present physically in classes while others attend via video conference calls. Trainers simultaneously give lessons for those students attending remotely via video conference systems and for those physically present in classes. Hybrid learning is a combined approach of flipped, blended, distance, and online learning to create student-oriented experiences.

• Flipped Learning

Also known as Flipped Classroom, flipped learning is a learning model that reverses the traditional relationship between classroom time and homework. This learning model allows students to individually perform asynchronous tasks and skills at the lower steps of learning taxonomy; it also structures the classroom hours to enable students to improve their high-level skills such as application, analysis, and synthesis under the guidance of teachers. In this learning model, students are expected to complete the preparation process for classes at home through online courses, videos, and materials, while teachers use classroom time on applications or projects with teacher guidance. This model allows teachers to devote the classroom time to more than traditional classroom activities.

• Blended Learning

Blended learning is a teaching design approach that has been known from the past to the present and implemented by teachers in classrooms in various formats, but its potential has been discovered only with the help of technology. There is no single definition of this teaching design. The blended learning approach integrates face-to-face learning technologies with distance learning technologies in different proportions depending on the requirements of the learning environment in order to achieve more effective and productive learning results (Dağ, 2011: 76). Blended learning can be applied in various formats:

• The Station Rotation
• The Lab Rotation
• The Individual Rotation
• The Flipped Classroom
• The Flex
• The À La Carte
• The Enriched Virtual

1-“The Effect of Blended Learning Environments on Student ….” https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276345062_The_Effect_of_Blended_Learning_Environments_on_Student_Motivation_and_Student Engagement_A_Study_on_Social_Studies_Course. Accessed 13 Jul. 2020.

2- Models – Blended Learning Universe, https://www.blendedlearning.org/models/. Accessed 12 July 2021.

HyFlex Course Design Strategies

The HyFlex Course Design Strategies have been initiated with the outbreak of the Pandemic in the 2020-2021 academic year and have been updated as per the requirements specific to the 2021-2022 academic year in order to achieve a dynamic transition between Face-to-Face Education Model “New Normal”, Hybrid Education Model and Distance Education Model and to provide our students with a flexible learning environment.

Adapting to changing conditions and allowing a flexible approach, HyFlex (Hybrid + Flexible), which is a combination of the words hybrid (Hybrid) and flexible (Flexible), is a dynamic process to enable transition between models and scenarios (face-to-face, distance, hybrid). In HyFlex, technology is a natural part of the educational process. The approach allows flexible and uninterrupted attendance to/follow-up of the classes regardless of where, how, or when the students attend.

Following the standards, policies, and road maps, thinking creatively and flexibly during this process will provide convenience. The objective of the HyFlex study is to make the inherent learning strategies of academic processes visible, to offer feasible technical infrastructure, tools, and sources for these strategies, and to share the course designs prepared by the Hisar Schools teachers for different grades and branches.