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Title

Bichronous Online Learning: Perspectives, Best Practices, Benefits, and Challenges from Award-Winning Online Instructors.

Authors

Martin, Florence; Kumar, Swapna; Ritzhaupt, Albert; Polly, Drew

Abstract

Bichronous online learning is the intentional blending of asynchronous and synchronous online learning experiences. Twelve award-winning online instructors participated in interviews to discuss best practices they use, and benefits and challenges in bichronous online courses. When sharing best practices for bichronous online courses, online instructors explained how they combined best practices in asynchronous and synchronous online learning. Asynchronous online best practices included course design and structure, resources, and instructor presence; and synchronous online best practices focused on formats, activities, and content of synchronous sessions, and community-building. The best practices, benefits and challenges discussed in this paper have implications for instructors who currently teach in a bichronous online format or may be considering it in the future, and for instructional designers and administrators who work with faculty on offering courses in this modality. Based on the data, the intentional blending of synchronous and asynchronous components has a lot of potential to enhance students' online learning experiences.

Subjects

BEST practices; ONLINE education; DESIGNERS; STUDENTS

Publication

Online Learning, 2024, Vol 28, Issue 2, p175

ISSN

2472-5749

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.24059/olj.v28i2.3945