Hybrid learning systems: meeting the challenges of graduate management education

  • Authors:

  • Owen P. Hall, Jr.;John G. Mooney

  • Affiliations:

  • Pepperdine University, Graziadio School of Business and Management, Malibu, California;Pepperdine University, Graziadio School of Business and Management, Malibu, California

  • Venue:
  • ICHL'10 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Hybrid learning
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Distance learning has come a long way since Sir Isaac Pitman initiated the first correspondence course in the early 1840s. Today the challenges of globalization call for new and innovative learning systems for management education. To meet these challenges the traditional classroom model for delivering business education is giving way to a more holistic learning paradigm in which both the pedagogical and andragogical focus are on knowledge acquisition and application. The one-size-fits-all educational approach of the past is being augmented by hybrid learning systems. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the overall hybrid learning model design that combines the best of both web-based learning and time-honed classroom practices for delivering cost-effective graduate management education. One of the major benefits of the hybrid learning model is that it supports economic, social and environmental sustainability.