Guest Speakers

• Lisa Brown, Director, Bush School OEE, Texas A&M University
• Jenell Paul, Learning Resource Network Director, Texas Health & Human Services Commission
• Gerardo Pedraza, Instructional Designer III, Engineering Studio for Advanced Instruction and Learning, Texas A&M University
• Mark Workman, Dean of Distance Learning, Blinn College

What Are Some Things You Learned

• How to fish
• How to grill
• Plan B is real!
• Technology roll-outs don’t have to be perfect to get started. 
• Always practice gratitude.

Will We Go Back to Less Technology?

• We will be better prepared with a continuity plan. 
• Always have a couple of back-up plans.
• Everyone knows what an instructional designer does now!
• The transition to being better online with also improve face-to-face classes. 
• Interesting…increase in phone calls as a communication tool.
• Everyone is now using distance learning language and understanding it.

What is Hy Flex?

• Hy Flex is not automatically social (physical) distancing.
• Footprint of the office is changing.
• Microlearning is meeting learners where they are.
• All day training is compressed into 90 minutes.
• More flexibility in delivery methods of training.
• Institutions are running through different scenarios for what the fall will look like.
• Maybe will use a version of a modified hy flex which is a hybrid.