The Benefits of Choosing to Let Students Choose

The Benefits of Choosing to Let Students Choose

Karen Woodall (University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada), Monika Moore (Grand Valley State University, USA), Amanda Brijmohan (University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada), and Ruth A. Childs (University of Toronto, Canada)
Copyright: © 2025 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-3695-3.ch005
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Abstract

When public health restrictions prevented large groups from meeting, instead of moving their courses fully online, a small number of faculty adopted a hybrid mode in which small groups of students attended in-person while most students participated online. The opportunity to participate in-person was important for students living on campus with limited social interactions due to pandemic restrictions and online participation was necessary for those who were unable or unwilling to travel to campus. In this chapter, we discuss students' self-reported expectations and experiences when taking hybrid courses in the Forensic Science Program. Of particular interest were the students' reports of their access to space, their responsibilities in addition to school, their use of study strategies, their reasons for choosing to participate in the course in-person or online, and their relationships with the instructor and peers. We discuss the insights gained from this experience and the lasting effects on the first author's pedagogical practices.
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