Teaching and learning formats in times of social dictancing
The article facilitates a discussion on some new online learning formats that have been utilised in European higher educational institutions for over a last couple of decades. The times of COVID-19 pandemic are distinguished as particularly turbulent for pedagogical practices. In this process educators have to refine and modify existing modes of teaching (inperson, purely online, blended, hybrid, <i>HyFlex</i>) and adapt them to new learning environments. Throughout the paper the author refers to the problems of course delivery and students envolvement as fundamental ones for the times of social distancing. <i>Synchronous hybrid learning</i> is proclaimed as the most prudent virtual learning tool within <i>HyFlex </i>delivery format. As an example a pilot version of its utilisation in the system of post-graduate studies is provided.