We create a flexibly accessible learning environment (FALE). According to Dr. Janette Hill from the learning, design, and technology program at the University of Georgia, Flexibly accessible means that students can attend in one of three modes: face-to-face, synchronous, and asynchronous. Further, students can change how they chose to interact within the course week to week, thus meeting real-time needs and demands of everyday life.
To create a caring and connected learning community (C4), we address the following needs of students and instructors:
- Understand what enhances / degrades students’ experiences
- Understand what enhances / degrades instructors’ experiences
- Understand applications of technologies
- Test different processes and strategies to:
- Facilitate a class where all are responsible for the learning process
- Use technologies that enable shared teaching and learning