Deliberate Planning for eLearning In order to serve students effectively, UCO should mindfully increase elearning offerings. UCO should accomplish this with deliberate planning of new course offerings and a strategic perspective that acknowledges demand, flexibility and impact. In addition to online and hybrid courses, UCO offers Self-Paced Online Courses (SPOC) and Interactive Video Courses (IVC) courses. These flexible course delivery types provide convenient options for learners. UCO should continue to explore opportunities to strategically increase flexible course offerings. While elearning provides increased flexibility for many students, fully online degree programs provide students with expanded educational options. Without deliberate planning, UCO’s increasing course offerings may yield online degree programs through unstructured growth. UCO’s goal should be to analyze and evaluate the appropriateness of online programs and, if appropriate, to provide degree program planning and organization.
University of Central Oklahoma - eLearning Strategic Plan 2013-2018
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