Innovative Educators

Retention in Online Education: Return on Investment in Four Steps

Registration Fee: $545.00

Description

Retention in Online Education: Return on Investment in Four Steps

Available On-Demand

This is a 2-part workshop

Overview

During the first part of this work-part workshop, participants will measure the cost of lost tuition at their institution due to their online student drop rates. We will review key reasons an online student leaves the institution. The information is based on an award winning dissertation on this topic, written by the speaker. Lastly, you will create an individualized action plan to increase the ROI and student satisfaction.

This second part of the workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to reflect on their findings. Participants have had a month to collect data on their current tuition loss/student that drops out and the total tuition money lost over a year. With this data in hand, the institution will have a way of quantifying the loss of tuition through attrition.

Once the magnitude of the issue has been measured, it is far easier to see why the institution should intervene. Often, college administrators will not implement a student retention program until they understand the financial bottom line. Once this is established, then implementing the four step retention process is seen as a necessity for the survival of the institution. Dr. Welch will walk you through how to understand, develop and implement a four step process to fix the retention issues.

This webinar includes a customized follow-up session with the presenter. Dr. Welch will hold a conference call with your institution to assist in the application of these ROI principles to your unique situation.

Objectives

How to measure current tuition loss per student that drops out
How to measure the total tuition monies lost over a year by the institution
How to understand, develop and implement a four step process to fix the retention issues
The return on investment in implementing such a retention process

Who should attend?

Chief Financial Officer and staff
Deans of Online Education
Online Education Staff
Administrators: Presidents, Deans, Chairs, etc.
Directors of Admission and staff
Online and on campus faculty
Marketing Staff

Who is the speaker?

Dr. Mark Welch
Recently, Dr. Welch was the Dean of Online Education for 12 campuses in the Western US, and is concurrently the dean of one of the campuses. This school now enrolls about 400 new online students per month. He has also been The Chair of Graduate Research, where he oversaw the research of 152 thesis students from 23 counties on three continents. His students included a Zimbabwe Tribal Chief and a financial advisor for Goldman Sachs.

Mark graduated from Oxford Universities’ online program in history and has been a student in online courses at Harvard, UC Berkeley, and Stanford. He does public relations for Oxford & Cambridge Universities, in the western United States.

He won two awards for his PhD dissertation where he found the cause and solution for a $230,000 per quarter retention issue at an online university. This seminar is based on this award winning research. He teaches at numerous online universities, including dissertation students at Argosy University, in one of the largest online doctoral programs in the country.

Mark is the Executive Director of the Online Education Alliance, which trains universities on the ROI of online education; www.onlineeducationalliance.com. This year he is speaking at one of the largest online education conferences in the country, the eCollege national conference. Both sessions focus on the return on investment in online education. The first session covers the use of technology in online education - to maximize the financial bottom line. The second session focuses on ROI in recruiting, training and retention of faculty. The panelist in the second session include is a Dean of an Online MBA program , with a branch in Taiwan. He also created a doctoral program in the former Soviet Union. He is my a business partner in The Online Education Alliance. The third panelist, has been the President of three Argosy University campuses. Argosy is a member of EDMC, which has 110,000 students.

Mark also has significant experience outside of academia. He has worked in the U.S. Congress, four years at the Department of Homeland Security, four years as an engineer for Microsoft and a decade as a management consultant.

Registration Information

You can purchase a single presentation or a pack of 3, 6 or 12. The more you buy, the more you save. For a single presentation, add the product to your cart and follow the steps. If purchasing more than two events, add the products to your cart and enter the appropriate coupon code.

Package Deals (for our products costing $345):

3 presentations for $750 - enter coupon code 3ondemand when registering (Save $285)

6 presentations for $1395 - enter coupon code 6ondemand when registering (Save $675)

12 presentations for $2140 - enter coupon code 12ondemand when registering (Save $2000)

If you are interested in ordering multiple presentations that involve our products priced at $200 or $545, please contact Val at val@ieinfo.org or call 303-775-6004 for the multiple discount. Please note: a presentation costing $545 counts as two presentations, as these trainings consist of two sessions.

Or you can register via fax by clicking on this form: Paper-based registration form

How does it work?

1. We email you a link and password that will give you access to the On-Demand Training presentations
2. You distribute the link and password to your entire faculty and staff via email
3. You will have access to these links for one full year

What are the benefits of On-Demand Trainings?

Accessible: Email the trainings to your entire faculty and staff, so they can take advantage of training opportunities anytime, anywhere. They can watch in the comfort of their office, their home or while traveling.
Cost-Effective: No travel required. An innovative way to provide your entire faculty and staff with a variety of professional development opportunities for one low price! The more you train, the more you save. The registration fee is per institution, not per person.
Easy: It's as easy as point, click, participate. If you run into any problems, we're always here to help.
Practical: Our training sessions focus on the most critical and relevant issues facing educators today. Our primary goal is to provide participants with the information, training and skills necessary to immediately implement positive change at their institutions.
Top-Notch Speakers: Our speakers are subject matter experts and recognized in their field.
Flexible: When you purchase an On-Demand Training, it is yours for one full year. You can use it whenever and as often as you want during the year, offering consistent training to all of your hires.
Satisfaction Guaranteed: Our On-Demand Trainings are 100% guaranteed. Thus, there is no risk. If you are not completely satisfied, we will refund your money in full.

How will we use these trainings?

Hybrid Professional Development: Distribute an On-Demand Training to faculty and staff at the beginning of each month and plan a discussion session at the end of the month to determine how you will implement the strategies presented.
Online Faculty and Staff Learning Communities: Distribute On-Demand Trainings to faculty and staff so they can watch anytime, anywhere. Contact Innovative Educators at val@ieinfo.org and we will create an online discussion group specifically for your institution at no extra charge.
In-Service Training: Plan a day and time to show an On-Demand Training in a lecture hall or large conference room and invite faculty and staff to attend a debrief immediately following the presentation.
Staff Recognition: Develop a program around the On-Demand Trainings with monthly themes and recognize the staff members that implement the best idea related to the theme.
Team-Building: Utilize these On-Demand Trainings to develop cross-functional and cross-discipline teams to foster collegiality.
New Employee Training: Include these trainings as part of your new employee training program to ensure consistency.
Implementation and Follow-Up: Use the guide and evaluation materials provided by Innovative Educators to plan, implement and track your progress.

If you have any questions, please contact Val at val@ieinfo.org or call 303-775-6004 for more information.