eLearning solutions

Our mission at EdTek is to partner with smaller education providers to enhance their academic programs. This could mean adding supplements to classroom-based courses or developing rich and engaging hybrid or fully online distance programs. We enable our education partners by providing access to the best online learning platforms and support services on the market at a price they can afford.

Experience

It has been more than a decade since the first pioneers started experimenting with rudimentary eLearning tools. Despite the huge advances we have made with eLearning technology and services most of the smaller education providers are still having problems developing a successful program.

The big difference with education from even five years ago is that we now have a lot more experienced people around who can help 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, K12 schools and small to medium size businesses.

Our people know that building and supporting top-quality eLearning program can be a very expensive proposition for smaller education providers. We know this because most of us at EdTek Services came from small organizations where we shared your concerns about how to enter and succeed in the eLearning market AND keep the budget under control.

Full Service, Turnkey Online Learning Tools

EdTek has partnered with itslearning and other education industry leaders to offer a full service, turn-key approach to distance learning systems and support. We provide your custom campus portal, the learning management system, the hosting (hardware), IT staff to do system monitoring and maintenance, free upgrades to the learning management platform, 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 distance 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 your distance learning platform. When you partner with EdTek Services your organization will be utilizing the very same package of technology products and support services as many of the largest and most successful education providers in the market.

Shared Services Model

EdTek's "shared services" model works to split the cost of our 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 learning management systems and support packages available in the market today.

A Sensible Pricing Plan

Our annual or pay-as-you-go pricing models ensure that our education partners never pay for more services than they actually need or use. A big part of your costs will be directly to the volume of enrollments you achieve. With this pricing model our education partners can draw a very tight box around their financial risk and better predict their future costs. EdTek's pay-as-you-go pricing model also helps keep our company highly focused on the success of your programs. Here's how: If you dont enroll students in your programs then EdTek doesnt get paid. We cant think of a better way to get and keep our attention focused on your success.

Kick-Start Package

Are you a small education provider? Our Custom "Kick-Start" package has all you need to start offering online learning programs quickly while keeping ypur budget under control.

Readiness Assessment

Are you ready as an organization to offer technology enhanced or distance learning programs? Before you invest a significant amount of resources into this initiative you should conduct a full top to bottom eLearning Readiness Assessment of your organization.

Program Approval and Accreditation Consulting

Your institution's successful accreditation application is an important step on the way to building a successful school.

Digital Content

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

Enrollment Marketing and 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.

Hosted Learning Management System and Support

EdTek provide the hardware (hosting), system monitoring and maintenance (IT staff), unlimited scalability (for growth), a custom online campus, the learning management system (eLearning software) and annual upgrades (free), faculty training, a 24/7 Help Desk for your students and instructors and a Client Service Consultant to help you run your online education program.

Electronic Portfolios for Student Assessment

Your ePortfolio can be your digital identity. They contain a collection of your best assessment portfolios, private portfolios, a blog, photos, multimedia, an "About me" page, your resume or CV and external links. The users are free to customize their portfolios by changing skins and adding the content they want.

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, one-on-one 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.

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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what others say

"As a small, Catholic, specialty College, we chose EdTek Services because they have small college prices with accessible services. The company is willing to go the extra mile to help you implement and solve problems that arise.”

Dr. Rebecca Jones, Chancellor, West Suburban College of Nursing

“We were looking for a quality online learning platform with 24/7 technical support services that didn’t cost us a fortune. EdTek provides that for us and has met all of our expectations.”

Dr. Sue O'Donnell, Program Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

“All the major eLearning providers have a heavy upfront cost. EdTek’s turn-key package of eCollege products and services gave us the top technology and support we needed and their fee-per-user pricing model eliminated risk.”

Ken Westray, President, NP Learning

"As a small non-profit tasked with providing a state mandated training curriculum, we needed an easy way to deliver the training. With Maine being such a large state and with the economy as it is, we needed a way to provide the training without incurring large travel costs - we needed a hybrid product that would enable us to continue live classes and allow for distance learning too.

The online option seemed like a no-brainer; we searched far and wide for many ways to provide this ‘hybrid option’ while keeping our costs at a minimum. There appeared to be so many online sites that offered eLearning products; however, most had upfront (startup) costs that were substantial considering there was little assistance and or room for growth - until we found EdTek Services that is!

They were able to provide us with a great turnkey package of products and services that fit our needs - and within our budget! Their product is able to grow as we do, the platform is always the most current, the training for instructors is very good and useful, and the 24/7 Help Desk for students and instructors is just the cherry on top! The knowledgeable tech and client services consultant support has been unparalleled with their ability to help us brand our site, implement it, and solve any problems that arose while loading content.

I recommend this fast, easy and affordable eLearning solution to anyone looking for an online learning system!"

Taanya Pillsbury, Training Technology Specialist, Behavioral Health Sciences Institute

"The support I get from EdTek is phenomenal: their staff are personable, flexible, and eager to help. They treat me like a teammate, and we solve problems together. We have an ongoing working relationship, the product of which is a great service that we can offer to our students."

Jeff Wheeldon, Associate Registrar for Distance Education, Providence University College and Theological Seminary

"EdTek has been an invaluable partner to us as we expand our online programs. The team at EdTek provided us with solid counsel as well as the technology and services we needed to get our online degree programs off the ground. EdTek was willing to take the time and care to help us grow the way that best suited our institution."

Jonathan Small, Director of Online Programs, Bay State College

“I had used three online learning management systems before EdTek introduced our team to their LMS. What a breath of fresh air! I had become accustomed to an academic look-and-feel and unhelpful help desks when what I needed was a more corporate adult learning look-and-feel and an LMS that is responsive to my needs. For example, for 15 years I have asked other systems to provide me with notification of learner posts to bulletin boards, and this feature never appeared. I’ve only used EdTek's LMS for six months now, and they have already committed to delivering this feature! I call that excellent customer focus. Thanks EdTek for meeting my needs for online learning.”

Pierce J. Howard, Ph.D., Managing Director for Research and Development, Center for Applied Cognitive Studies