Course Content
Intro
This module aims to equip practitioners with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to facilitate hybrid sessions with stationary and remote participants at the same time in a variety of different contexts and settings. As was mentioned in a previous module hybrid learning offers plenty of benefits: more flexibility for teachers and users, accessibility for the various groups of potential learners, or affordability to enumerate the most important ones. At the same time facilitating workshops in a hybrid space can be challenging – in fact, the facilitator needs to conduct two parallel meetings – one for the face-to-face learners and one for an online group. It is worth underlining that hybrid spaces are not only about the technology that we use but also about communication between people, their behaviours, engagement, and motivation.
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SCOPE OF THE MODULE 2
Teams in Hybrid Spaces
This session aims to introduce you to team management in hybrid spaces. Safe Space: what is it? How to create a safe space in a hybrid environment? Informal communication – how to extend informal communication into hybrid spaces? How to integrate two ways of communication in hybrid spaces? How to transfer non-verbal communication in hybrid spaces?
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THEORETICAL PART
Safe spaces: how to create safe spaces in hybrid classrooms
Informal Communication – how to extend informal communication into hybrid spaces
Moderating Hybrid Activities
The aim of this module is to equip facilitators with the knowledge, competencies, and skills necessary to conduct hybrid meetings. In the previous module, you could learn about the importance of preparations and the power of communication. In this module, you will have to deal with three major challenges related to working in a hybrid space, such as maintaining motivation, engagement, and visibility.
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Moderating Hybrid Activities
Motivation
Engagement
Visibility
Monitoring Hybrid Collaboration
The aim of this module is to present the tools and good practices that will enable you to monitor activities and collaboration in the hybrid environment as well as create and read teams. It refers you to the previous modules and the content related to building and maintaining motivation and engagement. You will also get familiar with the term of the organizational culture which is the crucial element of the monitoring activities.
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Monitoring Hybrid Collaboration
Draft Lesson
Reading the Hybrid Room
What do we miss?
When teaching in a hybrid space, you will need to devote your attention to many different aspects and not lose sight of the main purpose of the meeting. This means that you may miss some important details.
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What do we miss?
Activities
Extra materials
Self-assessment
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9 questions to test your learning level
Engagement and teamwork in hybrid spaces

The aim of this module is to present the tools and good practices that will enable you to monitor activities and collaboration in the hybrid environment as well as create and read teams. It refers you to the previous modules and the content related to building and maintaining motivation and engagement. You will also get familiar with the term of the organizational culture which is the crucial element of the monitoring activities. 

Finally, you will find some useful tips and activities that will enable you to moderate the meeting smoothly and achieve the goals of the meeting. 

The module is divided into three sessions presented below. Each session has its informative and theoretical parts, we have also included some activities and resources for you to explore concepts covered here in more depth. 

 

THEORETICAL PART

 

Deciding to create a hybrid environment in the workplace or teaching is often a difficult decision for employers, who fear that a group performing their tasks remotely will be less effective and much less engaged in their duties than a group working stationary. Employers have been looking for a way to measure the effectiveness and monitor the daily activities of employees and the IT industry has met these expectations by designing dozens of applications that enable regular tracking of employee activity. 

However, the fundamental issue here remains not the tools but the culture of the organization. This is a key concept in the area of team management. Organizational culture is the set of values, beliefs, attitudes, systems, and rules that outline and influence employee behavior within an organization. The culture reflects how employees, customers, vendors, and stakeholders experience the organization and its brand. 

The higher the culture of an organization, the better the relationships between colleagues and, consequently, the trust and sense of responsibility for a common goal. Values are more effective than many tools. 

Here are some tips to help you monitor the results of your joint work: 

  • Formalize collaboration policies – Establish clear expectations and performance metrics for all employees. Utilize regular check-ins and progress reports to maintain transparency and provide constructive feedback
  • Store work results  in one place so everyone gets  access to it at the same time.  A good solution may be creating a whiteboard at the beginning of the meeting and allowing all participants to add important information, reflection, and suggestions that  arise during the meeting. 
  • Provide the participants/employees with multiple ways to participate in the process of working over results. 
  • Provide feedback – the participants – both remote and in-person need to be aware that you are interested in their work. 
  • Using digital pools will allow you to include all participants in the meeting/activity. 

Some examples of pooling platforms are Mentimeter, Slido,  and Doodle, among others.  

 

ACTIVITIES

 

Rapid feedback 

Intersperse your hybrid event with rapid-fire sessions in which online and in-person participants join forces for a moment of reflection. Even in just 2 minutes,  allowing participants to review how the meeting is going and how different groups of participants feel in it will help foster collaboration, connection, and learning. And if you have a bit more time, check out reviews in 5 minutes! (Source: www.sessionlab.com) 

You find more interesting games and energizers  here: https://www.sessionlab.com/blog/hybrid-activities/#touch-blue

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