The Brandman iDEALTM

What is the Brandman iDEALTM?

The Brandman iDEALTM represents both the ultimate educational experience for adult students through active and engaged learning and the best preparation for career success in today's technology-driven, networked world.

Leveraging Brandman's heritage of educational excellence as part of the 150-year-old Chapman University System, we developed the Brandman iDEALTM (Instructional Design for Engaged Adult Learning), offering an innovative approach to educating adult students. The Brandman iDEALTM is "learning-centered" rather than "teacher-centered," using technology to enhance and activate the learning experience. As a result, all campus-based courses are now offered in a blended model, combining face-to-face instruction with independent and collaborative online learning.

"The Brandman iDEALTM provides the opportunity to combine the best components of both the face-to-face and online environments. It is not a compromise between the two alternatives, it's a superior synthesis."
- Walter Bunch,  Senior Lecturer, Brandman University

 
 
 
 
 
 
What are the Benefits?

  • A transformed learning experience moving from a classroom-based, static and singular experience to one that is more dynamic, collaborative and independent of geography.

  • Learning becomes a living experience, integrating real-world issues and current events into each class.

  • All courses are continually assessed against pre-determined metrics for improved student engagement and learning.

  • An accelerated course of study, allowing the completion of additional units in an academic year.