Hybrid Courses: Advantages and Disadvantages

Hybrid courses are a combination of traditional face-to-face courses and online courses. They are becoming more and more popular in both the undergraduate and graduate years.

Advantages:

• Can fit into a working student's schedule better


• Students can work at their own pace


• Combines the best aspects of face-to-face and online courses


• Gives professors a more flexible schedule

Disadvantages

• Requires careful planning to combine online and face-to-face


• Requires students to have very strong time management skills


• Would not work for a student who cannot manage their schedule well


• Potentially less knowledge retetion then traditional face-to-face classes