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- EdTek and The Center for Applied Linguistics...
Posted on 6/14/2010 - EdTek and Bay State College...
Posted on 6/9/2010 - EdTek and it's learning and Microsoft...
Posted on 5/20/2010
Program Approval and Accreditation Consulting
- Dana College Announces It Will Close...
Posted on 7/1/2010 - Accreditation 2.0...
Posted on 1/18/2010 - As Online Education Grows, National Providers Struggle With State Regulations...
Posted on 10/13/2009
Enrollment Marketing and Admissions
- No Laughing Matter...
Posted on 8/4/2010 - Colleges Weigh In On Rules...
Posted on 8/4/2010 - Buying Local, Online...
Posted on 7/23/2010
ePortfolios for Student Assessment
- As Colleges Switch to Online Course Evaluations, Students Stop Filling...
Posted on 4/7/2010 - Assessment Disconnect...
Posted on 1/27/2010 - Do Students Cheat More in Online Classes? Maybe Not...
Posted on 9/16/2009
Faculty Recruitment and Training
- Tips for Training Faculty on Teaching With Technology...
Posted on 5/21/2010 - Helping Faculty Manage Online Workload...
Posted on 12/11/2009 - Teaching With WEB 2.0 Tools Mashups...
Posted on 8/31/2009
Instructional Design and Course Development
- Most Professors Use Social Media...
Posted on 5/4/2010 - Scholars Increasingly Embrace Some, but Not All, Digital Media...
Posted on 4/7/2010 - Students Retain Information in Print-Like Formats Better...
Posted on 3/27/2010
Best Practices for Online Education
- Improving Graduation Rates for Online Students...
Posted on 4/8/2010 - The Human Element - Boosting Retention in Distance Education...
Posted on 3/29/2010 - When Writing Class Moves Online...
Posted on 3/19/2010
The Education Industry
- Texas A&M's Restructuring Stirs Debate...
Posted on 7/18/2010 - U.S. Senator Raises Doubt About For-Profit Education...
Posted on 6/30/2010 - Regent U Gets Bailout...
Posted on 6/30/2010
Government Education Policy
- Agenda for Open Online Courses Can Go Forward, Federal Officials Say...
Posted on 4/12/2010 - Colleges of Education Are Urged to Focus More on Online Learning...
Posted on 3/16/2010 - FCC Broadband Plan May Call for Expanded Higher-Ed Leadership Role...
Posted on 3/15/2010
Education Affordability
- Financial Pressures Grow on New Jersey's Public Universities...
Posted on 7/18/2010 - Spending Bill With Funds for Pell Grants Advances in U.S. House...
Posted on 6/30/2010 - Student Loan Bill Scorecard...
Posted on 3/24/2010
Education Technology
- Electronic Reading Devices...
Posted on 5/1/2010 - Audio: Is New Technology Wearing You Out?...
Posted on 4/8/2010 - What's on the Higher Ed IT Agenda?...
Posted on 4/1/2010
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eLearning library
Readiness Assessment
Avoiding Trouble With a Distance Learning Program
Program Approval and Accreditation Consulting
Beware of Fake Accrediting or Accrediting Agencies
Enrollment Marketing and Admissions
With Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them
Survive and Thrive During Fall Start Season
Seven Circumstances that are Shaping the Private Higher Education Marketplace
Hosted Learning Management System
The Horizon Report 2010 Edition
ePortfolios for Student Assessment
National Survey of Student Engagement
Integrating E-Portfolios into Your Assessment Strategy
Faculty Recruitment and Training
Combining Web 2.0 Tools to Create Collaborative and Reflective Learning Spaces
Teaching Tech to the Adjuncts, and Admitting Some IT Mistakes
When They Don't Discuss As We Wish
Education Industry
With Budget Crunch Hitting IT, Time to Rethink Role?
Moody's Predicts Slowdown for Colleges
Catholic Colleges Face Unusual Financial Pressures
Online Education
E-Learning and Its Challenges Increase at Community Colleges
How Technology Will Reshape Academe After the Economic Crisis
The Market is Reflecting Online Learning Success
Education Affordability
Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission?
A Textbook Case for Low-Cost Books
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Frequently Asked Questions
Below are some initial questions many clients have when they first contact EdTek Services, Inc.. The questions below may address many initial concerns you may have. If you don't find the answers here, you should contact us for answers to questions specific to your case. The consultation is free.
Hosted Learning Management System
Q: What do we get with the basic EdTek ASP solution?
A: EdTek's basic package includes:
- a custom Online Campus where your users login to access their courses and where your administrators login to access the administrative tools to run your campus.
- the online education software and all the distance learning tools required to offer synchronous (live) and asynchronous (anytime, anywhere) learning.
- two full-scale datacenters including a synchronized hot back-up facility to provide redundant and scalable Tier 1 level hosting.
- 24/7 system performance monitoring and maintenance.
- 24/7 system security monitoring.
- free annual upgrades to the system and the online education software.
- 24/7 technical support help desk for students and instructors.
- online and in-person faculty and administrator training seminars.
- access to our iSupport team of instructional designers to answer questions about teaching online.
- a day-to-day Client Service Consultant to assist your administrative staff with running their online education program.
- two full days of enrollment marketing consulting to help your marketing and admissions staff plan or review their student enrollment processes.
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Readiness Assessment
How much does a Readiness Assessment cost?
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Program Approval and Accreditation Consulting
What does an accreditation consultant really do for us?
Enrollment Marketing and Admissions
How will we find students for our programs?
Hosted Learning Management System
What do you do about upgrades to the system?
What do we get with the basic EdTek ASP solution?
How is an ASP different from other online education software providers?
Faculty Recruitment and Training
How do I find instructors to teach our online classes?
Instructional Design and Course Development
What are the main challenges instructors face when building and teaching a web-based course?
Why can't our instructors build their own courses?
What is the difference between an Instructional Designer and a Course Developer?