| With the increase in student enrollment at Ivy Tech Community College, administrators are investigating the use of non-traditional courses, which make use of distance education tools, allowing part or entire courses to be delivered via distance education. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the hybrid delivery format on students in the Advanced Manufacturing program. To accomplish this, the researcher compared a hybrid section of the introductory Advanced Manufacturing course, ADMF 101 "Key Principles in Advanced Manufacturing" with previous sections of the same course taught using the traditional face to face format. A nationally recognized certification is used to measure academic achievement. Additionally, a second course, taught in the traditional format, ADMF 201 "Lean Manufacturing", was used as a comparison for a measure of subject matter retention. |
