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Overview:
Amid the current economic recession, online education can be a cost-effective way to reach growing overseas student markets, open new revenue streams, and advance global standards. But overseas programs bring a unique set of planning, administrative, and logistical challenges.
This on-demand webcast shows you how to assess the viability of an online curriculum for an overseas student market. An instructor seasoned in leading distance education programs for an overseas student body offers guidelines on market research, administrative issues, and cost-benefit analysis.
Target Audience:
Deans, department chairs, and online program directors considering overseas online programs will learn key considerations for assessing the viability of the intended programs and for planning these programs for success.
Program Agenda:
| ON-DEMAND Presentation |
| Live Session Took Place June 4, 2009 |
- Global competitive landscape
- Market research overseas
- Assessing program demand
- Country or region needs analysis
- Identifying the right pilot program
- Assessing competing programs
- Developing international partnerships
- Regulations and accreditation within the country of interest
Administrative issues
- Accounting for budget variables
- Faculty incentives
- Equipment acquisition and maintenance
- Student support personnel and help desk
- Faculty facilitators on site at the international site(s)
- Internet access
- Assessing site and support requirements
- Providing 24/7 online services
- Outsourcing
- Market research
- Marketing
- Course design
- Course/program hosting
- Addressing cultural barriers
Business Planning
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Rollout timeline
- Approvals needed
- Scalability
- Variables determining financial success
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Instructor:
Bill Riffee, Dean & Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida
From 2001 to 2006, Bill served as associate provost for distance, continuing, and executive education for the University of Florida, in addition to his duties as dean. Under Bill's direction, the University of Florida's College of Pharmacy has established three distance education-based campuses in Florida and has created two successful non-traditional programs with over 1000 students enrolled across the US and overseas. For the past 16 years, Bill has concentrated his research and academic interest on educational technology and its use as an instructional method for distance education.
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