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Five Fridays Approach to Blended Learning

Author(s)
Roberta Brody
Professor
Queens College of the City University of New York
Session Information
Instructional Design/Course Development and Pedagogy
Poster
April 19, 2010 - 5:45pm
Salon B
Salon C


Describes "FIVE FRIDAYS" blended learning, which offers extended workshops on five Fridays throughout the semester, a field trip, and online intensive structured secondary research work for graduate students. Students find coming to campus just five times a semester appealing and Friday lab classroom space utilization holds attraction for administrators.

An example of The "FIVE FRIDAYS" approach, which has been used with graduate students in courses that are process-orientated offers extended workshops on five Fridays throughout the semester, a field trip, and online intensive structured secondary research will be explored . This course on secondary business research is designed to support the growth of research and information retrieval competencies. Discussion will include emphasis on androgogical rather than pedagogical strategies