News Release
Press Release March 07, 2006
Embanet Corporation's Building Blocks of Course Design Online Course Provides Instructors and Institutions the Tools to Build More Effective Online Courses to Increase Retention Rates and ROI
Toronto, March 07, 2006 – Embanet Corporation Building Blocks of Course Design™ online course provides the essential tools and information for institutions to create online courses that focus on retaining students. Created by Embanet Corporation's industry leading team of course developers, the Building Blocks of Course Design™ online course provides the same strategies and techniques used by the Embanet Online Group to create some of the industry's most effective online learner outcome courses that both educate and retain students.
Today's online students have very different expectations than their predecessors of even three years ago. The expectation for courses that are well designed, engaging, and interactive is now the norm. Institutions often feel under-resourced to produce effective online courses in a timely manner that capitalizes on internal resources. Add to this increased competition amongst online programs and high marketing costs, and the ability to retain online students is serious challenge.
“The Building Blocks of Course Design™ is an incredibly effective tool for institutions and instructors to meet and exceed the market place demand for effective online courses that address student success and retention,” says Jeffrey E. Feldberg, Chairman of Embanet Corporation. “The Building Blocks of Course Design™ is online, self-paced and focuses on anywhere, anytime methodology, to provide instructors and course designers with a powerful tool to leverage their knowledge, expertise and experience. All too often institutions place unrealistic demands and time frames on instructors to create effective online courses. Our approach and methodology addresses and solves this problem.”
Having built online courses for over a decade, Embanet Corporation has perfected a methodology that creates online courses in a manner that is timely, consistent in quality, and cost effective. The best practices are now shared in an easy-to-follow methodology with valuable techniques and strategies that can be deployed immediately.
“Institutions looking to maximize their overall effectiveness for online retention and success will benefit from Building Blocks of Course Design™,” says Waleuska L. Lazo, CEO of Embanet Corporation. “Our straightforward approach and our focus on providing the essentials has an immediate pay back for institutions, instructors and course designers. The common belief that an online course can be constructed the same way as a traditional course has led to more student drops than necessary. The differences for creating an online course are subtle, yet have a large impact on student outcomes and success. Institutions that have the knowledge of creating effective online courses benefit from higher retention rates and a more successful online program. The Building Blocks of Course Design™ is an essential tool for any institution with online programs.”
About Embanet Corporation
Embanet is the leading provider of fully hosted and supported e-Learning solutions to educational institutions. Embanet's Tier 1 Data Center, 24/7/365 LIVE technical support and course development help achieve high online retention and completion rates. Embanet offers the industry's only "e-Learning Insurance™" to safeguard your investment from changing technologies through the total integration of seven leading and non-proprietary learning platforms. For more information, please visit www.embanet.com/newsalert.