F.
Distance Learning Courses -- Self-Paced and/or Instructors
Provided by Vendors |
Vendor |
Platform |
Catalog |
Courses
Hosted on Vendor Website |
Typical
Fees |
DL
Customers
-- selected examples
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| Center
for Legal Studies |
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Blackboard |
paralegal certification |
Yes |
Tuition negotiated
with college; typically 80% for CLS, 20% for
college |
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ed2go (Thompson
Learning subsidiary) |
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Propietary |
Over 300 courses in broad range of subjects |
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Tuition set by college; fixed fee per-student
paid to ed2go |
...plus a large % of all U.S. community
colleges
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Proprietary |
50+ programs that prepare students for national
certification exams, including Paralegal, Medical Billing and
Coding, Web Design, IT, and MCSE |
Yes, vendor creates site
to resemble client's site |
Tuition set by college; fixed
fee per-student paid to GES ... GES offers financial aid to
students |
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Proprietary |
650 courses including workforce certificate
programs |
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Tuition set by college; JER offers courses
at wholesale pricing; revenue is shared .... JER offers financial
aid to students |
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Proprietary |
Degree courses and certification programs |
Yes, vendor creates site to resemble
client's site |
Tuition set by college; MindEdge
fee = negotiated percent of tuition |
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Platform derived
from "Moodle" |
Computer technology, professional development,
personal development |
Yes, vendor creates site to resemble client's
site |
Tuition set by college; Reed gets fixed fee
based on length of course |
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