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Tuesday, March 29, 2005
IU Kokomo mixes online, traditional format - Erin Shultz, Kokomo Tribune
With four children younger than 5 and three jobs, Martha Bugher said she barely finds time to breathe. Sleep? She forgot about that long ago. “Speedway makes really good coffee,” she said, sitting in a cushy chair at Indiana University Kokomo. Yet the 27-year-old manages to juggle six classes, in part, she says, through a new type of course that pairs online instruction with traditional in-class learning. “It didn’t matter what time it was,” said Bugher, the mother of a4-month-old who wakes up at 2 a.m. “This has been heaven sent. It’s been a great advantage.” The English and education major recently wrapped up one class – administrators are calling them hybrid courses – in the ACCELerated Evening College.
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