What is a hybrid course at Lane Community College?

Hybrid courses are courses in which a significant portion of the learning activities have been moved online, and time traditionally spent in the classroom is reduced but not eliminated. 

The goal of a hybrid class is to blend the best features of in-person instruction with technology-enriched online experiences to create an educational atmosphere that promotes active participatory learning. By supplementing traditional in-person methods with web-based activities and resources, the course is made more accessible and interactive and cultivates increased student interest and self-exploration.

The goal of hybrid courses is to join the best features of in-class teaching with the best features of online learning to promote active independent learning and reduce class seat time. Using computer-based technologies, instructors use the hybrid model to redesign some lecture or lab content into new online learning activities, such as case studies, tutorials, self-testing exercises, simulations, and online group collaborations.

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In short, a hybrid course is a course of study composed of both traditional and virtual-learning elements.

Hybrid courses are a combination of a distance learning or online course with traditional classroom instruction. Hybrid courses have a website where many assignments and communication with the instructor and other students take place.  They also have regular face-to-face (F2F) class sessions.

A hybrid course is a blend of face-to-face instruction with online learning. In a hybrid course, a significant part of the course learning is online and as a result, the amount of classroom seat-time is reduced.

"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.

One definition of a hybrid course might be any course that blends face-to-face, in-class sessions with Web-based activities or virtual classes. 

The institutionally accepted definition of a hybrid course at Michigan State University mandates that a significant amount of the instructional material is assisted by the use of technology, thereby reducing Òseat timeÓ in the course. A broader definition might simply point to the blending of in-person and technology-assisted instructional techniques to offer learners greater flexibility. 


For the trainers to read

http://courses.durhamtech.edu/tlc/www/html/Special_Feature/hybridclasses.htm

http://www.billstruhar.com/hybridcourses/whatishybrid.htm


As more institutions struggle with increasing enrollments and inadequate classroom space, hybrid courses are becoming more common. By reducing the classroom requirement, institutions free up space for other courses.