Hybrid course design is often employed to take advantage of the best aspects of the face-to-face and online environments. The online portion of the course can extend classroom discussions beyond the class period, and the face-to-face meetings can provide some of the social aspects of learning that the online courses sometimes lack. But perhaps the greatest advantage of the hybrid model is the ability to maintain some of the structure of the F2F classroom while enabling students to approach the course content based on their own learning objectives and interests.