The GLE Educational Model
Conducted online, each of our degree programs uses learning methods that require students to learn independently, but not alone. The integrative use of communication technology connects students with professors and peers. Our educational approach brings together these important aspects of online learning in the cohort model and the autonomous learning model.
Cohort Model
The School of Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship (GLE) attracts students from a variety of industry, ethnic and denominational backgrounds providing a rich opportunity for students to encounter diverse ideas, people and experiences that will enhance their growth personally and professionally. Although GLE doctoral students are autonomous learners, a key factor in their success in the program is our use of cohorts. GLE doctoral students who begin the program in the same semester, follow the same course schedule and move through the program as one group at the same pace until they reach their elective credit hours and dissertation stage. This cohesiveness allows our doctoral students to draw multidisciplinary insights on leadership from the diverse members of their cohort. The doctoral cohort model also allows students to build relationships that extend beyond the classroom to provide opportunities for encouragement, professional networking and academic research.
Autonomous Learner Model
In GLE we believe that learning comes from, and is, a gift from God. Proverbs 1:5 states, "A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel." This Biblical passage instructs Christians to become lifelong learners and invites the learners to seek informed facilitators—scholars of learning— for growth and the attainment of understanding. Rather than lecturing and testing for correct answers, GLE faculty members function as mentors or coaches to provide autonomous learning environments in which they may guide students in the pursuit of scholarly understanding, thinking, learning and practical application. Faculty members create avenues for learner autonomy through face-to-face learning opportunities and/or e-learning. As students learn to rely on their own initiative, resourcefulness, persistence in learning and personal intentions, they will become better equipped for the lifelong pursuit of knowledge that will help them embrace challenges beyond graduate study at Regent University.
