Blended Learning: More Common Than Distance Learning, Traditional Classroom Lecture

Blended learning means different things to different people. For college students, blended learning implies the curriculum and instruction, for a particular subject, is taught in a combination approach. The combination usually includes both lecture, and one-on-one instruction in collaboration with distance learning, or on-line classes.

If you are a college student considering the courses you will take in the next semester, it is important to find out from your college where you can obtain a listing of the blended learning classes. While lecture type courses are usually listed in one area, while on-line or distance learning is offered in another, some schools are now offering a blended learning listing. In schools where a separate blended learning list is not available, these courses are usually mixed in with either the lecture or on-line distance learning classes.

What makes blended learning so unique is the dynamic by which the subject material is delivered. With on-line or distance learning instruction offered in a range from 30 percent to 70 percent, you can find courses that fit your style of learning and can work around the hours for which you need to attend school.

Another unique approach to blended learning involves the multiple selection of classroom instructions. That is to say, in blended learning courses, your professor will usually provide up to three times, dates and locations for specific lectures to be held at which point you may choose the one that best fits your schedule. With this flexibility, many working adults are finding blended learning offers the versatility needed to balance work and family around the school schedule.

While post-graduate degree plans rarely offer blended course study, it is expected there will be a greater application of flexibility and technology applied to these courses as well. Desiring to attract more and more students, colleges across the United States are reaching out and making changes that are necessary to the lives of their students.