On Friday, November 13, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., the IDEAL Consortium is hosting a free EdTech Strategy Session on flex and hyflex strategies. This event will include two, twenty-minute lightning talks:

1. Big Flex Zone: Flex Learning with Limited Resources, Jennifer Hills & Krystal Hills
2. Hyflex: Flexible and Accessible Learning in Adult Education, Lauren Thatcher

You can register for this Zoom event on this registration page. To view recordings of previous EdTech Strategy Sessions and learn more about the learning opportunities provided by the IDEAL Consortium, you can visit the EdTech Strategy Session page. The Innovating Digital Education in Adult Learning (IDEAL) Consortium, an EdTech initiative at World Education, supports quality technology-enriched instruction in adult education across the United States. The consortium consists of 21 member states, including Massachusetts. Membership ensures opportunities for leaders to meet, learn from each other, and access professional development materials.  

To continue expanding your expertise around hyflex, check out the Introduction to HyFlex Instruction crash course available in the SABES OnDemand: Program Support Library. By completing this 30-minute, self-paced course, you will learn more about what hyflex is, explore the benefits, and consider how to design and implement a hyflex class in your setting. 

Please note that the definitions of hyflex used by the IDEAL Consortium may differ from those used by adult educators in Massachusetts. A hyflex classroom allows learners to choose between in-person, synchronous online, and asynchronous online. In a hyflex class, each of these three modes is always available unless in-person classes need to be canceled. In Massachusetts, many programs use the term “hyflex” to refer to a program model that combines simultaneous in-person face-to-face and online synchronous instruction.