In multi-access courses, learners may participate in the course either in-person or online throughout the course, based on how the instructor designs the course.
At Arts ISIT, we provide resources, tool support and consultation for creating multi-access courses tailored to your teaching needs.
Overview
Courses offered through a multi-access mode of delivery where students have the flexibility to participate online or in-person will need to determine whether they will hold assessment activities and final exams online, on-campus or in both environments. There are a lot of advantages to these flexible learning environments for students, however, there are some considerations.
Considerations
- Teaching multi-access courses can be time-consuming for instructors to learn the technology and navigate the cognitive load of managing a classroom with in-person and remote students.
- Allowing students to choose where they would prefer to take their exams (online or on campus) may lead to concerns about consistency or fairness.
If you are teaching a multi-access course, please contact Arts ISIT before the term to ensure you have the support and training you need to ensure the technical setup is working for you.
Examples
Here are a couple of examples of how you could deliver a multi-access course to your students:
- A course where all the class sessions are streamed, and students can attend the same session in-person or online.
- A distributed cohort program where students in a remote cohort join the class online. These cohorts may interact with each other during class through chat or video conferencing tools or online through asynchronous communications.