What happened
Cool Cat Teacher re-aired a 10 Minute Teacher conversation with Thomas Arnett of the Clayton Christensen Institute, originally aired on September 29, 2021, as episode 765. Vicki Davis says the episode is number five in the podcast’s first 1,000 episode download countdown, with 25,508 downloads including re-airs. Arnett described Christensen Institute surveys of nationally representative samples of school and district administrators and teachers during the pandemic.
Why it matters
Arnett said teachers reported roughly even splits among mostly in-person, hybrid, and remote models, while hybrid teaching was dominated by concurrent instruction, with in-room and remote students taught at the same time. He said teacher free responses described that model as exhausting and hard to do well. For schools, training providers, and L&D teams, the practical lesson is that “hybrid” is not a single design. A live session that simply adds remote participants can create a different workload than a course built around asynchronous materials, check-ins, and targeted support.
What to do next
Review any blended or hybrid offering for whether one instructor is expected to serve co-located and remote learners simultaneously. Where possible, separate facilitation roles, times, or learner groups. Consider building reusable online lesson materials and recorded explanations, since Arnett said roughly 30% to 40% of surveyed teachers reported using tools for creating or posting online lessons. Treat the findings as pandemic-era survey evidence, not proof that one model fits every context.
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