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Learning Model
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Saybrook students engage in a blended distance education that allows the working professional with a full life to become part of a community of scholar-practitioners at a respected learning and research center. Students can engage in a variety of modes of learning that are responsive to differences in individual learning styles and preferences. As a learning environment for adults, Saybrook balances innovation with tradition, theory with practice, face-to-face learning with web-based study and research. This flexible learning model provides an opportunity for students to design and follow a highly personalized program
Saybrook's blended learning model is comprised of three primary elements:
Residential Face-to-Face Learning
Face-to-face learning occurs during residential orientations and residential conferences and in other program specific residential environments. Each incoming new student participates in a residential orientation. Students attend periodic residential conferences throughout their programs to enhance learning, spend focused time with faculty, meet their peers and participate in a broad spectrum of seminars and workshops until they being work on a thesis/project or dissertation.
This community exchange provides rich opportunities for students to network with faculty and other students and establishes connections with others with similar professional or academic interests. Students are encouraged to bring their own individual experiences and worlds into their learning to enrich their professional development and to meaningfully connect themselves to their studies and their relevance to real world settings.
Individually Mentored Courses
Students set the pace for their program of study, completing assignments with supervision by a Saybrook faculty member. Faculty mentors provide guidance and critique, working with students to hone writing and research skills, and to encourage students to go deeper into their inquiry. Mentors can also help students expand the meaning of their individual work within the overarching humanistic vision. A Learning Guide serves as a map of the course, outlining learning objectives and expectations such as required texts, writing assignments and research activities.
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Students work on learning assignments with the faculty member who provides feedback, critiques and suggestions for revisions until assignments are satisfactorily completed. Students can also work with the faculty member to tailor aspects of the coursework to relate to areas of particular interest to the student, or can address individual interests by working with a faculty member to develop an independent study course.
Participation in Virtual Classroom Courses
Online classes offer a formal class structure, as well as an interactive learning experience. Students begin and end the course together as a group, and typically participate in the class by viewing streamed video presentations, posting research work and contributing to threaded discussions. Assignments are completed as scheduled throughout the semester.
Many students find that the added structure helps to maintain focus and move forward in the course. At the same time, the engagement and exchange of ideas with instructors and peers is a welcome addition to the learning experience. Online classes carry similar academic standards as individually mentored courses using the Learning Guides.
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Saybrook's admissions Office
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