Really? $35.00 enrollment fee? Isn't that a bit much? How do you justify the pricing on this? I know that Debra worked on this...I'm just wondering about the rest of the development and cost. "After providing the necessary documentation, you will need to pay an enrollment fee of $35.00 to gain access to the courses final exam. This fee will help to offset the cost of developing the course and for the online testing service as well as costs for administrative support." Joyce KA2ANF
FYI - Sent to SMs and also going to SECs.
73,
Harold
Harold Kramer, WJ1B
ARRL Chief Operating Officer
860 594 0220
From: smlist-bounces@reflector.arrl.org [mailto:smlist-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Ewald, Steve, WV1X Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 3:56 PM To: smlist Subject: [smlist:6596] Introduction to Emergency Communications Course Upand Running Online!
Hello, Section Managers.
Debra Johnson, K1DMJ, Education Services Manager, has the following news about the online Introduction to Emergency Communications Course.
73,
Steve Ewald, WV1X
Supervisor, Field Organization Team
ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio(tm)
860-594-0265
sewald@arrl.org
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Introduction to Emergency Communication Course Up and Running Online!
We're happy to report that we have been accepting enrollments for the new Introduction to Emergency Communications course since early April and the first online session of the new course has been successfully launched and is running smoothly on the new Moodle platform. Three 9-week sessions each with 25 seats have been opened for enrollment, one each in April, May and June. The April and May sessions filled quickly. Seats are still available in the June session.
All systems-the registration and payment system, the single-sign-on to the online platform, the back-end administrative database and the online course platform are functioning well. Students and mentors do face a learning curve using the new online platform and there are hurdles with browser settings, but these are on-going issues that are part of the customer service support requirements for this type of product.
Though we are pleased with the roll-out experience of this new course and the IT integration it represents we have not widely publicized the availability of the course. We need to re-build our cohort of mentors to support students who enroll in the course and until we are able to so we do not want to encourage more interest than we can support. Your help in encouraging capable and qualified volunteers in your section who might lend their support to the program as online mentors will be appreciated!
* For a description of the new course go to our online catalog at: http://www.arrl.org/online-course-catalog
* To review qualifications for online mentors and field instructors, go to: http://www.arrl.org/mentoring-online-courses and http://www.arrl.org/requirements-for-field-instructors.
We will be printing a transcript of the course content for use in field classes and are currently preparing it for publication. When we have a commitment on the delivery of that publication we will provide that information.
Debra Johnson, K1DMJ
Education Services Manager
ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio(tm)
225 Main Street
Newington, CT 06111-1494
(860) 594-0296
Fax: (860) 594-0259
djohnson@arrl.org <mailto:djohnson@arrl.org>
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