AEDT 3130U – Financial Management of Online Learning

The purpose of this course is to develop expertise with fiscally responsible approaches to the establishment and management of online learning initiatives; contexts, conditions and constraints to be considered will include target population (adult, K-12, higher education), learning environment (informal vs. formal), funding source (public, private, mixed), instructional model (teacher driven, student-centered, materials-based or content driven) and technologies used (synchronous vs. asynchronous, digital vs. analogue). Students will analyze current and emerging financing models, ways financing decisions are made, examples of various models in use, and implications for learning, accountability, and scalability. Topics will include, but are not limited to, components of public and private sector financial models, market forces analysis and the economic characteristics of online learning versus face-to-face learning.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3