An online seminar entitled Managing Online Education Programs was held on Oct 28, 2009. The handouts and archived webcast are now available – Here are some of the key points:
- Institutional efforts to expand online education impeded by: faculty resistance- 68%, lack of key resources -58%
- Limit class size on online courses: 77% limit the class size for online courses, the enrollment cap averages 37 students/class or section.
- Tuition – 70% charge higher tuition for online
- Instructional Media used – traditional textbooks, online text, asynchronous text discussions
- Tech training for faculty -53% mandatory
- Quality online vs on campus – tech prep & tech use by faculty better online, most others same for both
- LMS (learning management system) strategy – 88% use the same LMS for online as for on campus courses, Blackboard is the most popular 59%
- Resources receiving high ratings – tech support for faculty & students, lowest – assessment
