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Online Education:  Where To Start

If you are visitng this website and reading this information then chances are you are thinking about how to start your own online education program OR how to enhance the eLearning program you already have.  If so, we welcome you and thank you for your interest in EdTek Services.

Our mission here at EdTek is two-fold:  First, to partner with small to medium size education providers and help them enhance their education programs.  This could mean simply adding online supplements to your classroom-based courses or developing rich and engaging hybrid or fully online distance education programs.  The other half of our mission is to help our education partners access the best technology and services on the market at  price they can afford and with a business model that makes sense for them.

It has been more than a decade since the first pioneers started experimenting with rudimentary eLearning tools and despite the huge advances we have made with online learning technology and services, most small to medium size education providers are still having problems developing a successful program.

Experience

The big difference in online learning from ten or even five years ago is that we now have a lot more experienced people around who can advise you so you make the right decisions when you plan and implement  your own programs.  At EdTek Services we have assembled a hand-picked team of experienced eLearning consultants to do exactly that.  We specialize in providing small career schools, colleges, universities, non-profit organizations and  K12 schools with a package of the best turn-key online learning software and support services at a price they can afford.

Our people know that building and supporting top-quality eLearning systems can be a very expensive proposition for smaller education providers.  The smaller you are the harder it seems.  We know this because most of us at EdTek Services came here from small organizations where we shared your concerns about how to enter and succeed in the eLearning market AND keep the budget under control.  At EdTek we believe we have found a sensible way to do just that.

Full Service, Turnkey Offering

EdTek has partnered with Pearson eCollege, it's learning and other leading education industry leaders to offer a full service, turn-key approach to online learning systems and support.  That means we provide tyour custom online campus, the learning management system, the hosting (hardware), the IT staff to do system monitoring and maintenance, free upgrades to the online learning software, instructor training and course development support, a 24/7 Help Desk for students and faculty and a dedicated Client Service Consultant to help your staff run your online learning programs.

This approach enables you to avoid the expensive upfront investment needed to build your own mini-datacenter and the ongoing cost of maintaining that online learning system.  When you partner with EdTek Services your organization will be utilizing the very same package of online learning software and support services as many of the largest and most successful education providers in the market.

Shared Services Model

We adopted the "shared services" model that we had seen work so well in Ohio among that state's higher education sector and is increasingly being adopted in many private sector and government organizations.  Our shared services model works to split the cost of eCollege's premier eLearning solutions among a constantly growing group of education providers.  This shared services or shared cost approach enables even the smallest education provider to afford one of the best course management systems and support packages available in the market today.

A Sensible Pricing Plan

We offer an annual fee-per-user or a fee-per-enrollment pricing plan to pay for the e-Learning products and support services you choose.  This means that our education partners never pay for more online learning services than they actually need or use.  It also helps ensure that your online learning software costs are tied directly to the volume of student enrollments you are attracting.  With this pricing plan in place our education partners can draw a very tight box around their financial risk.  After all the challenges we have read about involving online learning programs in the last decade we thought this was a good common sense approach for education providers just starting to build out their eLearning resources.

EdTek's fee-per-enrollment pricing model also serves to keep our company highly focused on the success of your online learning programs.  Here's how:  This fee-per-enrollment pricing model is how we earn the bulk of our revenue.  If you don't enroll students in your online learning programs then EdTek doesn't get paid.  We can't think of a better way to get and keep our attention focused on the success of your program.

Custom Services

We also offer 8 additional services to support your online learning program.  You can pay for these the old fashioned way or if it makes sense, work the cost into your fee-per-enrollment pricing model.  The list includes: 

Program Approval Consulting   Custom Instructional Design
Course Content Development   Multimedia Development  
Instructor & Staff Recruitment   Custom Faculty Training
Enrollment Marketing Consulting

Readiness Assessment

Are you ready as an organization to offer online learning programs? Before you go and invest a significant amount of your resources into starting or enhancing a eLearning program perhaps you should conduct a full top to bottom assessment of the readiness of your organization to deliver online learning education.

Accreditation Consulting

Your institution's successful accreditation application is an important step on the way to building a successful school. Without legitimate accreditation it will be difficult to draw quality students and staff. EdTek offers help in navigating the accreditation process. Whether you have applied for accreditation and been denied or are ready to start a new application, EdTek can help.

Enrollment Marketing & Admissions

Colleges and universities need to start thinking about the changing landscape and challenges facing higher education in the next decade and develop plans to address the significant shifts taking place. The old way of doing enrollment marketing won't suffice. Education leaders are going to have to adopt comprehensive marketing and admissions optimization processes to help their institution navigate the changing education landscape, grow enrollment and improve retention. This will require that they develop a customized approach to blend the best of for-profit and non-profit enrollment processes.

Online Education Software and Hosting

Not all online education software companies are alike. Some companies will simply sell you their online learning software, which you pay for upfront, and leave you to manage the rest. Other education software companies, like EdTek, Pearson eCollege and it's learning, are application service providers or ASPs. These types of companies are full service shops that provide complete turnkey online learning software solutions - including hosting and 24/7 Help Desk. EdTek's partnership with eCollege, it's learning and other education software companies means that you will have access to the same top-quality education software now used by some of the largest and most successful online education providers in the market.

Faculty Recruitment and Training

A competent and engaging teaching staff is critical for a schools success. EdTek's experienced consultants will help you recruit, train and even supervise the teaching staff you need to be successful.

EdTek offers programs to train both newly hired and seasoned instructors. Whether you need face-to-face workshops, online courses, one-on-one online meetings or self-paced tutorials EdTek consultants are available to ensure your teaching staff is ready to use the best eLearning software on the market and implement the best practices in online learning.

Instructional Design and Course Development

EdTek Services can provide you with experienced and professional online course development support for as long as you need it. Our online course development team consists of project managers, instructional designers, course and multimedia developers and iSupport consultants. These specialists work closely with your subject matter experts to ensure you get a course that is pedagogically sound, engaging for the instructor and students, easy to navigate and reflects the way your institution wants to teach and be presented to general public.

24/7 Student and Faculty Help Desk

Your students and staff are unique. In the world of distance education and online courses, school is in session 24 hours a day. To meet this unique need our help desk never closes. Not only is our help desk open all the time, it is the best in the industry. EdTek and their partners work together to bring you help right when you need it.

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