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A new program out of Olivet Nazarene University s School of Graduate and Continuing Studies is using an online, asynchronous flipped model to provide adult students a pathway to earn a bachelor s degree. The Your Way program offers tuition-free general education courses in which students access course material independently, and then participate in an online community with classmates and faculty to expand their knowledge and deepen understanding, the university explained in a news announcement. Through Your Way, general education courses are tuition-free so that adult students from across the nation have equitable access to college, said Ryan Spittal, vice president for Olivet s ONU Global division, in a statement. Since every student has to take general education courses before taking the courses specific to their degree program, this tuition-free general education initiative flattens barriers and bends the cost curve, allowing students to take courses with no up-fr
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BOURBONNAIS, Ill., Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Olivet Nazarene University announces
Your Way, a ground-breaking initiative which features tuition-free general education courses, providing adult students with a pathway to earn a bachelor s degree and creating a model that redefines the learning experience by using best-in-class technology to engage students online.
Your Way is an online, completely asynchronous flipped classroom, where students are able to read and consume the course material first and enter an online community to discuss the content with classmates and faculty to expand their knowledge and deepen understanding. Course content is created ahead of time, allowing Olivet s faculty to educate at scale.