Hybrid Classroom Model at Galileo University: Faculty Members' Perspectives and Experiences

Abstract

Hybrid education represents an adaptive response to the complex and multifaceted demands of the current educational environment. In this context, the Digital Education area at Galileo University developed an initiative to implement a hybrid classroom model. This model encompasses: (a) the conceptualization and design of a robust and coherent technological infrastructure to support hybrid classrooms, and (b) a comprehensive training
program for faculty members, focused on hybrid teaching methodology and the efficient utilization of these classrooms. The present study, of a quantitative
nature and descriptive approach, articulates and evaluates the implemented hybrid classroom model, examining its functionality from the perspective of the aculty members who actively participated in this modality. The results
obtained reveal that the implemented hybrid model is highly functional.
Furthermore, the involved faculty members emphasize that it has facilitated the implementation of strategies that promote meaningful learning among their students.