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Ways To Learn at Middlesex
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Five Ways to
Learn at Middlesex
Middlesex Community College provides students with flexible course options to fit a
variety of learning and life-styles. Students are urged to select the options that best
meet their individual learning needs. Academic advisors can assist students in
making good decisions in the selection of courses.
1) TRADITIONAL COURSES
In the traditional college course format, students and the professor meet in a
classroom, laboratory, clinic, or external settings for an established number of
hours per week on a regular weekly schedule. Learning occurs through
lectures, presentations, discussions and other classroom activities which are
supplemented with out-of-class reading assignments and 'homework'. A typical
traditional course will appear as:
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1:30pm-2:45pm
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AR-107
TBA
2) ONLINE COURSES
Online courses make it possible for students to learn in new ways. Instructors
and students interact online using the Blackboard course management system
and existing or assigned email accounts. Using the World Wide Web as a
research tool, students can do their assignments without coming to campus,
and at hours they choose. These courses require access to the Web either from
home or a computer in another location. A typical online course will appear as:
3) HYBRID COURSES
Hybrid courses combine the face-to-face classroom experience with online
instruction. They are a good option for students who want to try online courses
but are hesitant about working entirely online and also want the traditional
classroom experience. Hybrid courses meet on campus less frequently each
week and require additional class time online. Hybrid courses also require that
students have access to the Web either from home or a computer in another
location. A typical hybrid course will appear as:
4) FLEXIBLE STUDIES COURSES
Students in Flexible-Studies courses select convenient class hours from many
available course meeting times, learn at their own pace, accelerate or take
extra time, work with an instructor who specializes in the subject, and use a
variety of learning tools such as texts, videos, computers, and online resources.
A typical Flexible studies course will appear as:
5) LEARNING COMMUNITIES
A learning community consists of two highly interactive courses with the same
students and the same instructors. Faculty members focus on particular
themes; providing unique opportunities to study a topic in depth, discover how
subjects and issues are related, and get to know other students by working
together on projects and activities. Learning Community courses will appear as:
The Learning Community "Power: Who has it; who gets it?" includes both ENG
101 16 and SOC 101 04.
Instructors: (1) Tba (2) Horn
Bedford Campus-AR-109
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MWF
8:30am-10:20am
(1)
Lowell Campus-LC-406
14192 154
MWF
11:30am-1:20pm
(2)
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