Engaging Learners Everywhere: The Interactive Synchronous HyFlex Method

Initially conceived as a workaround related to the crisis precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown of 2020, Interactive Synchronous HyFlex reimagines an active-learning, team-based classroom, making it possible for any student to participate fully, whether they are seated in the back row or joining from elsewhere in the world.Developed and refined by the authors through five years of classroom experimentation and National Science Foundation-funded research, this forward-facing approach-which refers to online synchronous hybrid delivery and combines the terms "hybrid" and "flexible"-brings together learners in a single classroom who have the daily option of meeting face-to-face or synchronously online. Through simple ideas, thought-provoking questions, and practical examples, Engaging Learners Everywhere reveals how existing technology, such as video conferencing and digital collaboration tools, can help bring students together in more robust and inclusive learni