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When is Your eLearning Software Company More Than Just Another eLearning Software Company?

Not all Learning Management System companies are alike. What makes them different? Some companies sell you their online learning software and leave you to manage the rest. Hosting and running an LMS means you have to buy server boxes and other hardware and hire staff so you can build yourself an in-house data center. Then you need to baby-sit the data center 24 hours a day. That cost adds up.

You also need instructional designers and course and multimedia developers to manage the course creation process and show your instructors how to design and build quality academic courses on their own. Then you have the cost of system maintenance, hardware replacement and annual upgrades. Before you know it a year has passed and you are paying your renewal fee for the original license.

EdTek is an application service provider (ASP) and offers software-as-a-service (SaaS). These types of companies are full service shops that provide a turnkey solution for education providers that want to offer classroom supplements, hybrid online courses or fully online distance education courses.

What does this mean? It means that companies like EdTek provide the hardware (hosting), system monitoring and maintenance (IT staff), unlimited scalability (for growth) and a custom online campus,. You also get the learning management system and annual upgrades (free), faculty training, a 24/7 Help Desk for your students and instructors. Finally, you get a dedicated Client Service Consultant to help your administrators run their online program.

Why the difference? We realized very early on that smaller education providers never have enough spare resources to build the kind of eLearning platform and infrastructure you need to run a robust and scalable distance learning program.

Experience has shown us that the heavy upfront investment needed for staff and infrastructure, even before you attract one enrollment, makes is very hard for an eLearning program to be profitable. The lag time between when you decide to develop online learning programs and when you enroll your first student and the ongoing investment required to maintain your eLearning system each year often means that the program never gets out of debt.

User Friendly

EdTek’s partnership with its learning ensures that you will receive the best e-learning tools available. In addition to offering cutting edge technology, our e-Learning products are truly user friendly. Your faculty does not need to have advanced computer skills to operate our online software. In fact, even faculty members with only basic word processing skills will be able to navigate and master our learning management system. To make sure your staff is given all the help they need, EdTek offers instructor training, 24/7 Technical Support Help Desk and instructional design help as your instructors design and build their online courses.

Help When You Need It

Your online school or course never closes. Therefore you need tech support at all times - day or night. To meet this need, we offer a 24-7-365 Technical Support Help Desk. Experienced staff members are ready to assist you and will not leave you without a solution to your problem. Whether by phone, e-mail or chat, your questions will never go unanswered.

Your Content Options are Limitless

By choosing the our hosted learning management system you are giving your staff and students the best eLearning tools available. In addition, you are allowing them total access to every content option. Your faculty will be able to integrate any type of content into their courses. From video to audio and images to flash player capabilities, the only limit you will face is your imagination.

A Full Line of Quality Hosting Services

EdTek, working with our partners, offers the best hosting services available. Our high quality hosting service is managed by an experienced staff that will go above and beyond the call of duty to give your school or business the best service possible.

The ability to monitor the performance of your online education software and to report any issues before they impact system users is as important as maintaining a scalable and secure hosting environment. EdTek and our partners utilize industry-leading reporting and system monitoring.

If you are ready to explore a top quality LMS package then call us Toll Free today at 800-827-1593 x 2 or fill out the Contact Form to have us call you.

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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