University of Washington

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University of Washington Educational Outreach

• Online Programs
• 105 undergraduate credit course(former
  independent study program)
• 25 certificate programs(credit, non-credit,
  professional oriented)
• 3 degrees in development(Information Science,
  Construction Engineering, and Computer Software
  Systems)

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UW Educational Outreach

• Staffing
• Academic Programs
• Curriculum development, project management, and
  departmental liaison
• Distance Learning Design
• Online course development, production, and
  maintenance
• Program Support Services
• Student and Instructor Support

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UW Educational Outreach

• Distance Learning Design
• 9 Instructional Designers
• 2 Editors
• 2 Media Producers
• 3 Management and support

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How Much Will This Cost?

• Project Determination
• New Course?
• Revision?
• Full
• Partial

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How Much Will This Cost?

• Costs are primarily salary
• Developer
• Program Manager
• Instructional Designer
• Other
• Media production
• Overhead

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How Much Will This Cost?

• Assigning Costs
• Current Model
• Expense of DLD / Total Offerings Unit Charge
  (approx. 3500)
• New Model
• Dynamic allocation of development costs to
  specific courses, amortized over 2 years

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How Much Will This Cost?

• Typical Course
• 135 hours of contact between student and
  instructor, materials and other students
• Equivalent to 3 credit college credit course

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How Much Will This Cost?

• Developer approx. 3,500
• Program Manager 9,000
• Instructional Designer 3,000
• Media 500 - 1000 per finished minute
• Overhead 15(covers admin, web server and
  contingency)

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How Long Will This Take?

• Project Management Timelines
• Contractual (courses, cert. progs.)
• Departmental (courses)
• Degrees

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How Long Will This Take?

• Project Management Timelines
• Contractual (courses, cert. progs.)
• 3 to 9 months
• Departmental (courses)
• 6 to 12 months
• Degrees
• ?? (2 3 years)

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How Long Will This Take?

• Milestones
• Planning
• Developer
• Instructional Design
• Opening

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How Long Will This Take?

• Project Management Strategies
• Clear Scope of Work in Contract or Memo
• Weekly reports from ID
• Quarterly Review with Organizational Goals and
  Strategies

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Barriers

• Getting Content on Time
• Getting The Scope Right Upfront
• Sticking to Plan
• Legacy IT Systems

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