Hybrid Learning
The epidemic compelled educational institutions and instructors to experiment with ‘online’ education as a delivery method. The term “hybrid learning” refers to a method of teaching and learning that blends face-to-face classroom instruction with online activities. This type of education assists students in progressively transitioning to a self-directed learning style. The notion of blended learning or a ‘hybrid’ model of learning has been around for a decade, but it has gotten a lot of attention in the last few months as a result of the unprecedented global catastrophe caused by the epidemic. It would have seemed far-fetched a year ago if someone had stated that all learning in the next months will take place online and that students (and professors) would not be coming to classrooms at all. Covid-19 accomplished the impossible. It forced educational institutions and instructors to experiment with ‘online’ education from as a delivery method. There was a lot of learnin...