Chris Friend is Assistant Professor of English in New Media at Kean University. He holds a PhD in Texts & Technology from the University of Central Florida.
Hybrid Pedagogy will go dark from December 10, 2014, through early January 2015.
Many of our readers and authors take this time to prepare for the new semester
and/or spend time with
Over the weekend of November 21-23, the Hybrid Pedagogy editorial board gathered
in Washington D.C. for an intensive working retreat. During that time, we
collaborated on the following article — 10 authors and
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class discussion where the teacher pre-determines the outcome is just a lecture
in disguise, dressed up to feel student-centered while
As a high-school teacher, I kept quiet about my sexuality because I didn’t want
to draw attention to it. Instead, I created a deafening silence, a vacuum that
tugged on everything around
Teachers don’t teach; instructors don’t really instruct. The lecture-based
course fell out of favor years ago, and we know today to bringfront and center
[http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/Journal/files/Pedagogies_
When faced with a complex, fluid, and potentially uncontrollable situation, I’ve
often heard people say, “It’s like herding cats.” I can think of no more
complex, variable, and fluid task than
How different would our education system be if we focused on learning for learning’s sake, rather than for the sake of tests, exams, and homework checks — if performance really mattered?
