Though I understand online education as my children attend an online charter school. I feel out of my element in finding my way to lead our organization. Thus far, we have chosen MoodleRooms as our LMS, we have determined the courses from 2 distinct programs to pilot this with, we are exploring training options, I have we reached out to our book reps for their support, and we preparing submissions to our state and accrediting body. We seem to be on the right track, but I often wonder if I am in the right seat on the train. Thoughts? Where… >>>

I missed this particular question on the Final, as I disagree, and don't recall it being covered in the course. I can understand the idea of an added incentive for current employees to make recommendations for new employees. But I don't think it should be a common practice and should not result in bonus pay. This to me would only add to the possibility of bias in the decision process by the employer, knowing that his/her employees hope to benefit financially by the outcome. It could also cause some animosity within the work place. I would suggest that question on… >>>

On several occasions, during the interview process, I was asked to provide a short teaching example. I believe this is a legitimate way to assess an applicant's abilities to fulfill the role of instructor. I was given the topic of my lecture by the hiring institution, and was not allowed to choose my preferred topic. And although there were several staff observing my presentation, the students were also allowed to "rate" me. I am not sure to what extent the student's opinions were calculated, or if I had been better off teaching a topic of my choice. I think it… >>>

I have found that combining all programs (we have 8)for 2 annual Advisory Committee meetings per year and breaking up into specific program groups for curriculum review at the same meeting works well. We have all lead instructors, externship and career placement staff and management present at the meetings. We serve great food and give out starbucks gift cards. They love it! It is a great networking opprotunity for everyone. We have the meeting Friday evenings which seems to be the best time for everyones busy schedules. We also keep the meeting to an hour and a half, which usually… >>>

One of the primary discussions we've been having internally is whether offering on line courses will ultimately hurt our industry. The assumption is that on-line classes will be offered cheaper than our current course offerings. Some of our competitors are offing some of their courses for free. We are worried that our industry will get into the same trap that print media has gotten into that once you start giving it away, it is much harder to start charging-and unlike print media, selling ads mixed into your course-ware seems like a bad idea. Does anybody have any thoughts on the… >>>