An LMS will save money when compared to the increased travel required for classroom training. LMS can provide measurable results, where classroom training might not. A properly-maintained Learning Management System will cost very little to operate, and so on.

Given I do not work for an institution, I truly cannot answer this question. If I did work for an institution, though, I imagine one of the new policies regarding online delivery of courses and programs would be centered around faculty "office hours from x to x on M/W/F or T/Th" to answer questions via chat and/or telephone. For distance learners, I think it is important to be able to have a real back/forth dialogue with your instructor from time to time. Not only will it help ensure learning objectives are being met, but making yourself available to students also is likely to increase student satisfaction and retention. It is a policy I believe schools should consider.

Main Policies, like Privacy and Payment, Refund, etc. are already in place and don't change for online courses. Faculty has established their set of policies, which are implemented in the online policies, but are monitored by the individual course teachers. F.e. delivery of homework at a certain date can only be monitored by the teacher that assigned the homework. If the homework is not delivered by that date, the teacher will contact the student and discuss the problem.

Absolutely, it really establishes the pace and interaction of the class. If they, as a group need additional assistance in a specific area the staff needs to recognize that but also stay on track for the agenda.

Institutions offer online courses and programs because they understand that the growth in continuing and/or professional education is an objective that their students can benefit from.

The marketing needs at our institution were defined by the marketing department in partnership with staff, faculty, and students. The marketing department also tracks each campaign to measure effectiveness in terms of costs, channel, and over-all response rate. The focus of the latest campaign was on the mission of the college in helping students achieve life changing goals through education.

The importance of identifying and following through with training necessary to make students, faculty, and staff comfortable with learning management systems, time management, and communication tools cannot be emphasized enough. Many school leaders identify training needs, but don't a) require training; b) provide staff time to manage, audit, or update training; and c) evaluate training to see if it helps. Anticipate some resistance to training- it represents change. Starting a successful online program is a change. Refresh the leadership team with strategies for managing change. Explore this useful website. Many learning management systems provide online training tools or on-site training. Often the on-site training is limited to the system administrator, not the faculty and staff who will be using the system. Requiring faculty and staff to enroll in and work through at least one module of an online course is a good first step. Prior to enrolling, it is often useful to have trainees provide a self-assessment of their computer skills. Determining that a trainee is a novice, intermediate, or skilled personal computer user will help the system administrator and course developer prioritize changes.

How can an organization evaluate how marketing is translating to student enrollment?

What is the ultimate reason why students should not have access to grade books?

How can organizations successfully evaluate online instructor skills and traits?

How can one successfully conduct an online course with limited online teaching experience?

The Market Study or Marketing is a crucial aspect covering the entire social and cultural activities of Mankind. An institution, before begin to invest resources in Online courses must analize in detail the objectives, potential markets and sectors of population interested in such knowledge.

The most important part in the implementation of Online courses and programs is an effective Learning Management System, offered consciously to the instructors responsible for the different subjects. You can have excellent policies and server, but without a good trained staff, the institution won't be succesfull.

An online course requires specific abilities from the teacher attending the course.

if you see you are having good retention in one of your course , we should consider design, lab space, comfort, learning rapidity, learning quality, and others?

which parameters do you try to modify to achieve cost reduction?

what other learning elements should be included in the online course?

can students have access to the grade books??

There is a tremendous relevance in an accurate learning management system

Online programs are proving efficient ways of interaction with worldwide students and their diverse cultural backgrounds.