What Is the Difference between Online and Hybrid Courses?
Online courses and hybrid courses were both developed to make college education more accessible and flexible for busy students, particularly working adults. They are also helpful solutions to colleges that are struggling with space constraints and having trouble finding classroom space for large influxes of students. However, there are some key differences in how these classes are run. Here we’ll explore those differences. Online courses are conducted entirely over the Internet. Students log in to their university’s course management system with a username and password and access all of their lectures online in video or audio files. Students enrolled in an online course may never meet their professor or fellow students face to face. Hybrid courses, on the other hand, are conducted partially online and partially on a college campus. This means that students must access some of their lectures online and attend some lectures in person on a college campus, where they can interact face to f
