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At the start of the pandemic, higher education institutions rushed to set up hybrid flexible (HyFlex) classrooms without knowing how permanent these arrangements would be.

As it turns out, students are quite happy with HyFlex, which gives them the freedom to choose between face-to-face, synchronous and asynchronous classes. Some studies have found this flexible structure can even improve student success. “We have students who, quite literally, would have had to drop out if their courses had not been available in the HyFlex format,” Kevin Gannon, professor of history at Grand View University, writes in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Allowing for greater flexibility, a HyFlex teaching model enables higher student engagement and options as opposed to completely hybrid or in-person learning.