How does the combination of classroom and virtual work?
GLEMBA’s blended classroom and virtual delivery is based on three main premises: 1.) Learning depends on the motivation, effort, and participation of the individual; 2.) Academic discourse, discussion, exchanges and collaboration are essential to the learning process; and 3.) Certain learning activities and personal relationships require face-to-face contact. When GLEMBA responded to students’ need for an alternative to classroom-based learning, we looked at the manner in which many of our students were conducting business or maintaining relationships today: Face-to-face meetings followed by continuing communication and exchanges via communication technologies. Classroom sessions, held quarterly at the beginning of each GLEMBA “semester,” serve several objectives and incorporate a number of activities. The Classroom sessions allow instructors to deliver courses introductions that semester. Prior to a classroom session, students typicallywork on assignments to prepare for class discussi
