Hybrid English Redesign

The selected course redesign strategies have been chosen to improve student access, learning, and success in not only this course but also in subsequent required writing courses. Additionally, the redesign will increase section size to accommodate more students, thus meeting projected student demand within budgetary limits. To better teach and engage student learners, the redesign will undertake two projects: hybrid format and electronic portfolios. The class will be redesigned into a hybrid format—with some traditional face-to-face meetings and some online, asynchronous work. Face-to-face instruction is critical in allowing for the application of learned concepts under the instructor’s supervision and the development of collaborative problem solving and researching. Online work offers time for the deep thinking and reflection that is too restricted in a regular classroom format. This particular hybrid design will enhance metacognition through journaling and reflection, looped classroom instruction for deeper engagement and instruction, drafting of papers for idea development and writing process practice, and allow students the time and access to better and more frequently engage with the material in the course. Best practices in Composition Studies notes that writing assessment is best done through the evaluation of multiple texts written for a variety of genres. Additionally, metacognitive reflection on one’s processes and products is critical for true learning and knowledge/skill transfer. To accomplish these goals, the redesign will develop an electronic portfolio as the culminating project for this course.