The EMBA at IE Business School, ranked second, makes extensive use of distance learning, and face-to-face classes take place in Spain, China and Brazil, so it is not essential for students to be too near at hand.
Some students, like some of those in India and the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, already study entirely online, but most of the university's 5,000 students are enrolled in blend of online learning and face-to-face sessions at learning centers in the students' home countries.
Olivier mentioned one main difference between distance learning and face-to-face learning.
While you watch the video, note down what Olivier says about a) the main difference between distance learning and face-to-face learning and b) the three advantages of distance learning.
He spent long hours learning and faced many failures before achieving success.
And perhaps the biggest challenge of adulthood is listening, learning, and facing the pains of others as you sort out your own.
First there was no comparison between computer-assisted learning and face-to-face educational techniques and so this study provides no information about the relative benefits of these approaches.
The choice to retain a mixed model of online learning and face-to-face instruction was made because audience feedback valued the opportunity for networking and one-on-one instruction on difficult complex informatic topics.
Hybrid classes, which combine the benefits of online learning and face-to-face instruction, are becoming increasingly popular (Garrison and Vaughan, 2008; Means et al., 2010), and a number of studies suggest student outcomes can be equal to or greater than those from traditional face-to-face courses (Amaral and Shank, 2010; Means et al., 2010; Bowen et al., 2014).
The 30 questions of the final version focused on eliciting students' prior e-learning experience, and attitudes and perceptions regarding e-learning and face-to-face lectures.
Some students decide that they want both the flexibility of online learning and the face-to-face interaction that comes with classroom learning.
