Empowering Your Faculty: A Playbook for Higher Education | Faculty - EDUCAUSE Review

This article was previously published as "Empowering Your Faculty: A Playbook for Higher Education," Education blog (blog), Microsoft Education, March 9, 2021.

Hybrid learning has evolved from a model that enabled the continuity of education amid the closing of campuses to one that is reshaping operating models at higher education institutions.

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Stephen Saslow, Senior Audience Marketing Manager, Education Marketing, at Microsoft says, We're excited to announce the completion of a new paper, "Flattening the Multimodal Learning Curve: A Faculty Playbook,"  which aims to equip faculty with effective strategies, practices, and tools to navigate the pedagogical paradigm shift accelerated by COVID-19. 

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The paper addresses the key challenges, digital divides, skill gaps, and socio-economic disparities facing faculty at higher education institutions. It was produced by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) as a follow up to research released in December, "Bridging the Digital Divide to Engage Students in Higher Education," which sought to better understand the impacts of the current dynamics on higher education institutions, staff, faculty, and students. The original study reported that at least a third of educators expect that remote and hybrid learning are likely to be a future operating model for many higher education institutions alongside on-campus programs. Additionally, the paper shared advice from education experts suggesting that instructors should go beyond simply delivering lectures online, and should instead create more opportunities for active learning and engagement.

The study advances the concept that hybrid learning has evolved from simply enabling continuity of education amid the closing of campuses, to reshaping future operating models.

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Source: EDUCAUSE Review