Hybrid Learning

Live Remote Learning

  • The full classroom experience delivered virtually
  • Study anywhere without disrupting your life
  • Collaborate and engage in real time
  • Classes scheduled on evenings & weekends

On Campus Kickoff

  • 2.5 days of in-person classes & activities at the start of each semester
  • Connect with peers and bond with your class cohort
  • Meet your instructors and success team
  • Hosted at Penn State’s University Park campus

 

Next Generation Virtual Instruction

After the on-campus kickoff, Smeal Hybrid MBA classes empower you to learn wherever life takes you. But it’s not just live remote delivery that makes the Hybrid MBA so impactful: every virtual session is a true classroom experience for students and faculty, enabled by our state-of-the-art teaching studios built for remote synchronous learning.

Equipped with advanced collaboration tools, including large-format, wall-size tablets for live content sharing and dynamic markup, these studios allow instructors to seamlessly transition between presenting information and diagramming concepts. Students engage with faculty and peers through live discussion and tools like real-time polls, quizzes and breakout rooms.

 

A snapshot of a learner's screen with the instructor view maximized shows how similar the virtual learning experience is to sitting in the front row of an in-person class.

Every student has a front row seat in the learning studio. Switch between presentation, shared content, instructor, and classmate views.

A snapshot of a learner's screen during a virtual class shows how fluidly the learner can view different elements of the class presentation. The instructor's diagramming is prominent, but also visible are the instructor's presentation, a room view, and a gallery view, all of which the learner can click to maximize.

Professional audio and video equipment ensures every student can see and hear everything.

 

A view from within the learning studio room, looking over the instructor's shoulder at a display showing live feeds of all of the students. Each learner is visible to the instructor as clearly as if they were in the room.

Within the learning studios, instructors can view the whole class at once – just like an in-person classroom.

An instructor writes on a wall-size tablet, dynamically diagramming concepts and adding markup to documents for enhanced learning.

Dynamic wall-sized tablets seamlessly transition between diagramming concepts and sharing key resources for discussion.

 

Hybrid MBA live remote classes deliver the full traditional classroom experience, whether you’re in a home office, hotel room, or anywhere around the world. It’s the best of both options — the convenience of virtual learning and the enrichment of frequent direct engagement with peers and professors each time the class meets.

Explore the Hybrid MBA curriculum