Title :
Creation, costs and management: the measure of full-service online learning
Author :
Cameron, Brian ; Beam, Mary ; Beam, Paul
Author_Institution :
Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
The paper defines the tools and operation of an operational Web-delivered, XML-generated online training system. It provides its development and operations costs and outlines how the instructor group and clients participate and how we then measure learning effectiveness. Our good news is that full-service training, featuring subject matter at the university level, with instructor support can be delivered for about $2.00 (US) per hour in a reliable and effective manner. Sophisticated new materials can be created for an additional $2.00 per user hour by re-combining student- and instructor-generated data from previous training. We review the courses from a student perspective and then explain the authoring processes and required software
Keywords :
authoring systems; computer based training; courseware; educational courses; hypermedia markup languages; information resources; Web-delivered XML-generated online training system; authoring processes; development costs; full-service online learning; instructor group; learning effectiveness; management; operations costs; software; university level; Costs; Graphics; Humans; Management training; Particle measurements; Software systems; Teamwork; Writing; XML;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 2000. Proceedings of 2000 Joint IEEE International and 18th Annual Conference on Computer Documentation (IPCC/SIGDOC 2000)
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6431-7
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.2000.887267