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Learning: Investigating Small Group Culture In A Blended Learning Environment, Kelly Visnak

Kelly Visnak

Higher education institutions are embracing various educational delivery modes that extend beyond traditional face-to-face classrooms. Many of these models are comprised of a hybrid of online teaching formats that have found various levels of success for today’s learner. This research is focused in the interaction among cohort peers as it pertains to blended learning in a graduate professional program. In order to ascertain the specifics about the influence of the cohort experience on learning this research won’t be looking at assessing student learning outcomes as might be demonstrated in capstone portfolios, course grades, or exams. Such assessment is designed to …