About OL

What is Online Learning?

Online Learning—A term which refers to learning that uses Internet-based tools for content delivery, communication, discussion, and submitting assignments. Another term for online learning is distance learning.

Online Course Formats

Bloomfield College offers two types of online courses: Hybrid courses and fully online courses.

Hybrid courses are courses in which 50% of the learning activities have been moved online. The class meets face-to-face once every other class, and online for the other classes.The hybrid courses pair the best features of face-to-face teaching with the best options of online learning to promote active and independent learning.

Fully online courses may include one or two face-to-face classes or meetings (generally the first and/or last class) but ordinarily the classes take place online.

At present, the majority of our online courses are hybrid courses.