The interactions, with their corresponding locations, can be found below:
| Activity | Location/ Technology Name | Website |
| Q & A Sessions (One-to-many) | Convore | https://convore.com/ourspecificsite |
| Peer Review (One-to-one) | Eli Review | |
| Blogposts (Many-to-many) | Our course Blogger Site | |
| One-on-one Instructor- Student Interaction (when Office hours are not convenient for the student) (One-to-one) | Skype | |
| (One-to-many) | ANGEL |
My reasoning for limiting our interactions to these five are that I tend to find students overwhelmed with more than around that number. Although I expect that students who sign up for a hybrid course would be well-versed in technology use, I cannot assume that this will always be the case. I feel as though I should start the course at the level of the most novice student and build from there; more interaction platforms can always be added, but I cannot remove those platforms once they are implemented.
Changing from a face-to-face course to a hybrid course will undoubtedly change the interactions in the course. Q & A sessions will be moved to solely online format, which may be difficult for my students to transition to (as well as me- it might be difficult to avoid answering questions for a significant part of a class period in face--to-face sessions). Another change in the interactions that will occur in the course will be the peer review process. Eli changes the way that constructive criticism is delivered, removing the human element and the small affordances of face-to-face interactions, such as smiles following a constructively critical comment, or a wink with a sarcastic message.
Though there are changes in the interactions in a hybrid course, the overall quality of interactions need not suffer. Hopefully, it is improved with the removal of the to learning that come with face-to-face interactions (snowstorms, tornadoes...nice weather :)
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