The percentage of students who prefer online classes has skyrocketed since 2007.
College students enrolled in entirely-online courses might prefer more face-to-face learning, according to a survey that says higher education is in need of more “hybrid” courses.
Hybrid or “blended” classes, shown by the Education Department (ED) to be more successful than web-based education, include online curriculum mixed with occasional in-person lectures.
Support for classes that involve at least some traditional classroom-based education is shared by prospective college students as well as current students.
Nineteen percent of students surveyed said they are enrolled in a hybrid class, while 33 percent said they would like to take one or more hybrid courses, according to a report on college student preferences published by Eduventures , a Boston-based higher-education consulting company.
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