Going beyond the Native-Nonnative English Speaker Divide in College Courses: The Role of Nonnative English-Speaking Educators in Promoting Critical Multiculturalism.

Abstract

Classroom space limitations and increasing student enrollments push universities to the development of alternative course delivery models. The authors describe how a high-enrollment, general elective course was converted into a HyFlex model. A HyFlex course provides flexible participation, allowing students the choice of attending face-to-face class sessions or the option to complete course activities online without physically attending class." to meet student enrollment demands and institutional space constraints. The redesigned HyFlex course featured a number of innovations to ensure learners in online (OL) orface-to-face (F2F) formats had equivalent opportunities to succeed.Student satisfaction with the HyFlex format was high (70% OL students), and student enrollment increased by 29%.The HyFlex model design is one alternative that institutions may consider to balance the demands for course availability, instructional innovation, and classroom space.