How To Create Computer Based Training CoursesLearning from online courses, also known as interactive elearning, has become quite popular in recent times. Current trends are showing some students dropping out from their mainstream courses and pursuing online computer educational courses, just because they want the freedom of being able to study at their own time. A direct offshoot of this trend is that the computer based education industry is growing by leaps and doubts. Many schools and institutions are now operating in their online versions, and some of them are totally operating online without any physical classrooms. There is a lot of material on the Internet about how to join a computer based teaching course and what the advantage of learning online are, but there is very little material for people who want to create a computer based training course. Well, if you are interested in entering into the business of imparting online computer based education, here are the steps you need to take:- - The first thing you will need to look into is the legislation part of things. See what rules apply for starting a computer based teaching business within your state's jurisdiction. You might need a license in some states. Check up on these issues first. When you are all clear with the authorities, you can get into doing the groundwork of setting up your online institute. - Your next step should be to prepare a website for your online institute. Since you will probably not have a physical office, you will have to make your website very impressive. Your homepage should have tabs on all the services you are offering, and information on your courses. Keep the website simple, but it should look elegant since it is an educational website. Keep very simple options for people to look out for information on your courses and join them. - Put in place proper ecommerce solutions for handling the admissions and collecting fees. Also make proper arrangements for sending the course material to the students. - When the ball is rolling, apply for accreditation. You will have to find out institutions that will accredit your online business. Accreditation is very important, because that will make your online computer based education institute credible in the eyes of your visitors. Now, here are the steps to take for especially preparing your course material:- - Refer to government guidelines on the syllabus that needs to be taught in a particular course. You need not stick to the syllabus verbatim, but you can take the basic idea. You must make a list of the topics that you have to teach. Then arrange them into convenient modules in the manner you will be teaching them. - Once you have the topics for the modules ready, you will have to make lessons for the course. This is the most important part of your online computer educational courses. If you are proficient in making the lessons, do them yourself by all means, but also get them checked by other teachers and professors so as to get suggestions and tips for improvement. You can get help of software programs such as authoring tools which are custom designed to help you create CBT courses. If you cannot make the lessons yourself, find outsourcing solutions. Hire someone knowledgeable to do it for you. This will be a very time-consuming process, but it is the crux of your entire institute. - Try to add some multimedia interactive tools in your courseware. Make good use of art forms such as video and web accessibility. Students will enjoy the hands-on approach. Also have a blog that can help you keep in touch with your students' requests and problems on the course material. Have good staff to handle the blog. These are some of the tips to just set things into motion and to create a (CBT) computer based training course. But you must understand that running an online education business is a job full of responsibility. It is not just about financial profits! Only if you are passionate about teaching something to people, should you go ahead with it. |