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	<title>Online Education Blog &#187; hybrid college programs</title>
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		<title>What is Hybrid Learning?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kourtnie McKenzie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colleges & Universities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distance learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hybrid college programs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-568" title="Students Celebrate Hybrid Learning" src="http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/bigstockphoto_Casual_Couple_In_Love_1088106-300x200.jpg" alt="Students Celebrate Hybrid Learning" width="300" height="200" />Hybrid learning is considered the most effective method of postsecondary education according to the <a title="US Department of Education study" href="http://www.onlineeducationblog.org/colleges-universities/u-s-department-of-education-releases-study-advocating-distance-learning" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Education's 2009 study</a>. Hybrid learning combines the benefits of both classroom and online education to provide the optimal learning experience for a college student. But how exactly does hybrid learning work?

<strong>The Hybrid College Program</strong>

The most common method of hybrid learning is a college program that has specific campus and specific online courses integrated into its regimen. An example of this is <a title="Coleman University" href="http://www.coleman.edu" target="_blank">Coleman University</a>'s academic programs that offers <a title="Coleman University" href="http://www.coleman.edu/academics/distance-education/" target="_blank">Distance Education</a> alternative for classes outside of the <em>core program </em>taken at the campus; this basically means that the student may choose to take general education courses online and major-specific courses on campus.
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