{"id":132,"date":"2025-06-09T09:03:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:48:06","slug":"blended-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/online-program-toolkit\/program-administrators\/blended-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Blended Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In addition to fully online courses and programs, UWM offers a wide array of \u201cblended\u201d (sometimes also called \u201chybrid\u201d) courses, that combine traditional face-to-face classroom instruction with a significant level (at least 20%) of online learning, thus reducing the amount of required on-campus attendance or \u201cseat time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many instructors view blended courses as the \u201cbest of both worlds,\u201d as they can leverage the most effective approaches available in the online and face-to-face formats, and students appreciate the flexibility that blended courses afford them. Moreover, a 2010 Department of Education meta-analysis<\/a> suggests that students may even learn better in blended courses than in traditional, face-to-face courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UWM\u2019s\u00a0Center for Advancing Student Learning<\/a>\u00a0provides support for blended courses in the form of the\u00a0Online and Blended Teaching Program<\/a>, a variety of\u00a0online resources<\/a>, and individual consultations with instructors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 100 blended courses are offered each semester, and are often attractive to students who may need to supplement their online enrollment with some classes not available fully online (e.g. in order to satisfy General Education or other degree requirements).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Definition<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Example<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Identifying Blended Courses in the Schedule of Classes <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Schedule of Classes features a separate schedule for blended classes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following diagram shows UWM\u2019s spectrum of courses, from those which are minimally enhanced to those that are fully online:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each hybrid designation (H1, H2, H3) has a field in the PAWS scheduling interface. Department personnel who enter each term\u2019s scheduling information should correctly designate the type of blended class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also helpful to provide some detail about the number and timing of required on\u00ad-campus meetings in a blended course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more detailed information on scheduling and coding hybrid courses, contact the Registrar\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n