EDA7084 Educational Leadership: Theory, Research and Practice
Topic: Who are Leaders: The Personal/Individual Focus of Leadership Research
Design target: To facilitate co-teaching in a hybrid setting with half of the class in the physical classroom and joining on Zoom, so one of the instructors teaches and facilitates in a face-to-face (f2f) setting, while another instructor teaches and facilitates discussion with students on Zoom.
👩🏫 Hybrid
⏰ 2 hours
🎓 11 students (5 onsite students; 6 online students)
ANALYSIS
Intended learning outcomes:
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To identify key educational leadership frameworks and different types of educational leadership research
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To describe prevalent approaches used in educational leadership research
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To relate methodological foundations with educational leadership research
Challenges/Needs:
Technology - About half cross-border students and an instructor had to join remotely, so ensuring smooth communication (both verbal and visual) between online and onsite students is deemed crucial.
Pedagogy - The hybrid lesson delivery mode entails some unique challenges different from solely f2f or online teaching as the hybrid mode would require instructors to cater to the learning needs of both online and on-site students. The hybrid model may easily result in inadequate communication between online and onsite groups, so redesigning learning activities and settings could help to fill a niche.
Space - It may be challenging for instructors to take care of and facilitate discussion of and between onsite and online students at the same time.
CO-DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Our solution:
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To conduct a hybrid collaborative teaching model by facilitating two groups of students (online and onsite) and ensuring that students’ diverse learning needs are addressed in time
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To use multimedia resources such as YouTube & Panopto to illustrate the abstract concept of educational leadership in real-life settings and help students to recall the relevant memories relating to the topic
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To use Zoom for instructor-student interaction as well as peers’ interactions in a hybrid setting, and lesson recording
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To create a virtual space for the online group by using the Zoom breakout room for the discussion of the assigned topic and sharing their thoughts
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IMPLEMENTATION (Click to enlarge)
Lesson Review
⏰ 15 min (synchronous)
📖 Directed learning
🤝 I -> Ss
The onsite instructor introduces the current learning topic and reminds students of the takeaways from the previous lecture as a warm-up session.
Both instructors give feedback on the student’s responses.
The online instructor also adds some information and leads the class to the next session.
Technology:
PowerPoint
Zoom
EVALUATION
Instructor’s reflective comments:
As hybrid teaching had to be the primary delivery mode for this course, engaging both online and onsite students presented a unique challenge, especially facilitating effective participation and collaboration of and between online and onsite students. In this case, the project team recommended that we could use ePS to conduct this hybrid course and supported us for this session. The affordances of technology and learning space at ePS allowed online students to engage in interaction and learning experiences similar to those of onsite students. With the movable chairs and desks, we tried different shapes of chairs and desks to maximize the visibility of both online and onsite students and instructors. Besides, the technological tools and equipment provided at ePS optimized seamless interaction between online and onsite instructors and students. We could interact with both online and onsite students at ePS synchronously.
We especially appreciated the project team's great e-pedagogical support for our class at ePS by providing professional development training to us and our TA on using cutting-edge equipment for hybrid teaching. They also offered helpful technological, pedagogical, and space solutions for enhancing student engagement and participation in the hybrid environment harnessing appropriate technology.
Dr LU, Jiafang [EPL] & Dr QIAN, Haiyan [EPL] course instructors
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