1. UMBC’S ALTERNATE DELIVERY PROGRAM: SUPPORTING HYBRID COURSE REDESIGN
Karin Readel
Thursday, Sept. 16

2. BACKGROUND ON UMBC
Enrollment: Approximately 10K Undergrad/ 3K Grad Course Offerings for Fall 2010:
Total # for FA2010
Undergraduate
Graduate
Courses
Approx 2500 total
Online
6 courses
23 courses
Hybrid
25 courses
14 courses

3. History of Alternate Delivery Program (ADP)
Started in 2005 for Summer/ Winter sessions
Initially targeted high demand courses, Gen Ed courses, and courses suited to hybrid format
Expanded in 2009 for Fall/ Spring semesters
Increasing room shortage at peak times
Targeting faculty teaching seat courses
Requires 50% F2F, 50% online

4. PROGRAM GOALS
Provide realistic outlook on what it will take to convert course to hybrid format
Provide assistance with available technology
Provide opportunity for feedback from peers
Create network of “hybrid” faculty for support and feedback

5. ADP WEBSITE (HTTP://UMBC.EDU/OIT/HYBRID)

6. FIRST STEPS FOR FACULTY
Self-Enroll in Hybrid Course Design Bb Organization
Complete Doodle polls for presentation dates
Submit letter of support from Dept. Chair
Post thread announcing completion of these tasks on ADP Requirements Discussion Board

7. Next STeps Complete & Post “10 Hybrid Planning Questions”
Adapted from Univ. Wisconsin, Milwaukee’s excellent “Ten Questions for Course Redesign” and support site (
Survey of current Bb skills
Allows reflection on course learning goals, and impact of moving course to hybrid format
Arrange for F2F interview with ITNM Staff

8. INTERVIEW PROCESS
Opportunity to discuss specific issues faculty will face in course and suggest possible solutions
Helps focus faculty on specific activities that they can develop for their 2 required “deliverables”
Provides faculty with early feedback in case of foreseeable problems

9. POST INTERVIEW Review presentations by past participants in ADP
Use DB to reflect on what techniques they would/would not use and why
Develop deliverables and place on Hybrid Course Practice Bb Community
Enroll a student and a colleague and request feedback at least one week prior to presentation

10. PRESENTATION OF DELIVERABLES
“10 minutes of fame”
1 minute posing pedagogical problem
1 minute showing how deliverable solved problem
1 minute discussing student/peer feedback
2 minutes describing next steps
5 minutes for Q & A
Presentations are open to entire campus; we encourage Administrators, ADP alumni to attend

11. STIPEND!
Once the course is taught in hybrid format, the faculty member receives a $2500 stipend

12. EVALUATION ADP participants are asked to evaluate the program
Survey on Bb
Students in Summer/ Winter sessions are given a survey on their experience in hybrid course
Student surveys published on ADP website

13. FUTURE PLANS: Offer a version of the 1-day Hybrid Workshop online
Adjust timing of ADP program to better fit with UMBC course proposal timeline

14. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to the following at UMBC for making this program work!
Office of Summer, Winter and Special Programs
Office of the Provost
Division of Information Technology
Faculty Development Center