Northeastern University’s (NU) "Teaching and Learning with Technology Roundtable" includes a working group that has recommended the following guidelines for determining which courses at NU can be converted to a hybrid format:

• Individual faculty members or instructors who wish to redesign a course as a hybrid must submit an application to their department curriculum committee to make the course a hybrid.
   
• The instructors may secure funding (apply for an instructional development grant) or seek college funding. They must also demonstrate expertise in hybrid course development. This may be done by completing the hybrid online course (www.hybridtraining.neu.edu) or taking a workshop on hybrid development at the EdTech Center.
   
• A department or college may decide that it is strategically wise to redesign a course as a hybrid, such as in the case of a multi-section course where materials may be more effectively presented in the hybrid format. In this case, funding will be allocated to pay the instructors to develop the course.

The working group considered that hybrid delivery can occur in the following formats:

• Replacing one or more face-to-face classes per week with online work;
   
• Shortening classroom time and replacing it with online work;
   
• Meeting in the classroom for several weeks at the beginning of the term, then having students complete work online for several weeks, then meeting again at the end of the course, as well as meeting in the classroom every few weeks during the term.

The group used the following definition of hybrid that was developed by the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee:

"Hybrid is the name commonly used nationwide to describe courses that combine face-to-face classroom instruction with computer-based learning. Hybrid courses move a significant part of course learning online and, as a result, reduce the amount of classroom seat time."