Online courses cheaper to deliver
Filed in archive Funding your education by mstandaert on February 28, 2005
From the Chonicle of Higher Education ...
At the request of the board of regents of the University of Texas System, administrators of the system's UT Telecampus conducted two studies to assess the relative cost of online delivery of university courses. The studies, which covered 2002 and 2003, did not include faculty salaries, which are the same for online or on-campus courses, or costs to develop courses, focusing instead on infrastructure required to deliver the course content to students. In both years of the studies, online delivery cost less than on-campus delivery. The studies did not evaluate the amount of time professors spent teaching--some say teaching online takes appreciably more time. Although the UT Telecampus is the university's online education organization, members of the board said the group's methodology resulted in a fair assessment. According to board member Cyndi Taylor Krier, the board was pleased with the results of the studies but wants next to investigate the relative quality of courses taught over the Web.
At the request of the board of regents of the University of Texas System, administrators of the system's UT Telecampus conducted two studies to assess the relative cost of online delivery of university courses. The studies, which covered 2002 and 2003, did not include faculty salaries, which are the same for online or on-campus courses, or costs to develop courses, focusing instead on infrastructure required to deliver the course content to students. In both years of the studies, online delivery cost less than on-campus delivery. The studies did not evaluate the amount of time professors spent teaching--some say teaching online takes appreciably more time. Although the UT Telecampus is the university's online education organization, members of the board said the group's methodology resulted in a fair assessment. According to board member Cyndi Taylor Krier, the board was pleased with the results of the studies but wants next to investigate the relative quality of courses taught over the Web.
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