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Monday, March 18, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i28/28a03301.htm 'Hybrid' Teaching Seeks to End the Divide Between Traditional and Online Instruction JEFFREY R. YOUNG Walter Cummins, an English professor sporting a gray beard and a tweed jacket, began to tell a meandering anecdote during a Friday morning class at Fairleigh Dickinson University's campus here. Several students exhibited classic signs of tuning out. One stared out the window, while another picked at her fingernails distractedly. Moments like this make some professors and education-technology experts wonder: Would it be more effective to replace some traditional class meetings -- or even whole courses -- with online sessions? After all, in a virtual classroom, students can log in when it is convenient for them, and they can review prerecorded lectures if they miss them the first time. And some students who rarely take part in classroom discussions are more likely to participate online, where they get time to think before they type and aren't put on the spot....
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