TRU develops TRUly Flexible initiative to offer new course delivery models

Thompson Rivers University is developing a pilot program called the TRUly Flexible initiative that will enable learners to access around 100 courses in three additional learning formats: blended delivery, hybrid delivery, and online synchronous delivery. “Think of it as a continuum — so on one hand you have fully asynchronous, online, and the other end of the continuum we have in the classroom, Monday to Friday,” said TRU Provost and VP Academic Gillian Balfour, who explained that “[w]hat’s in between are the flexibility pieces that we’ve agreed upon at senate.” The first phase of the pilot will see these new delivery options applied to up to six current TRU programs. An internal approval process will be required for courses to adopt the new delivery models.

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