Happy April!
This past week I received a question from an instructor wondering why it was so important to keep consistency in our courses. I told this instructor that course to course consistency is very important because with the amount of students who take courses at GU/MSB, it is important that the level of education they receive is consistent. We differ from a traditional university in that we are a career college and have guaraanteed to various career licensing agencies that students will meet specific outcomes in our courses. The majority of our instructors have not made a career out of teaching and often times still work full time in their area of specialty. They teach at a career college so that they can give back to the career field that they love and we have built the backbone of our college on the real world experience they bring into the classroom, it is invaluable to the students. However, as an accredited and licensed career college institution we need to make sure that the students are reaching specific outcomes that we have guaranteed to licensing agencies. Additionally, in the online world it can be quite complicated and time consuming to develop a course (as you all know!). Therefore, we have guaranteed quality when we use consistent course shells from quarter to quarter.
As a developer of online coursework what you will develop will be used over and over again in courses for many years to come. We appreciate the effort you put into your course development and I know that the future instructors of your course appreciate the thought, creativity, and time that you put into your course.
Have a great week!
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