Employer-sponsored course

Continuing Education (CE) Mastery Bootcamp

Online, Self-Paced10 hoursAccess 180 Days

View original catalog entry · Education and Personal Development

This course is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of how to develop and maintain a successful continuing education (CE) program within a higher education institution. It will cover key aspects of CE program management, from understanding your service area and potential students to marketing your programs and supporting student success.

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Course outline

  1. 1

    Lesson 1: Learning Your Service Area / Environment

    • Analyze your community and identify potential student populations, their needs, and the competitive landscape for continuing education.
  2. 2

    Lesson 2: Collaboration Between CE and Academic Departments

    • Explore strategies for building strong partnerships between continuing education units and academic departments to leverage resources and expertise.
  3. 3

    Lesson 3: Student Funding Sources

    • Learn about various funding options available to CE students, including financial aid, scholarships, grants, and employer tuition assistance programs.
  4. 4

    Lesson 4: Credentialing Programs

    • Understand the importance of offering credentialing programs and how to develop and implement them effectively.
  5. 5

    Lesson 5: How To Market What You Have

    • Develop a comprehensive marketing plan to promote your CE programs and attract students, utilizing both traditional and digital marketing strategies.
  6. 6

    Lesson 6: How To Assist CE Students, Their Issues, and the Life Cycle

    • Gain insights into the unique needs and challenges faced by CE students and learn how to provide effective support services throughout their educational journey.

Materials

All necessary course materials are included.

System requirements

Minimum technical expectations for the online learning environment. Your IT team can use this as a checklist.

Internet connectivity

Cable, Fiber, DSL, or LEO Satellite (i.e. Starlink) internet with speeds of at least 10mb/sec download and 5mb/sec upload are recommended for the best experience.

While cellular hotspots may allow access to our courses, users may experience connectivity issues by trying to access our learning management system. This is due to the potential high download and upload latency of cellular connections. Therefore, it is not recommended that students use a cellular hotspot as their primary way of accessing their courses.

Hardware

  • CPU: 1 GHz or higher
  • RAM: 4 GB or higher
  • Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher. 1920x1080 resolution is recommended for the best experience.

Speakers / Headphones Microphone for Webinar or Live Online sessions.

Operating system

Windows 7 or higher. Mac OSX 10 or higher. Latest Chrome OS Latest Linux Distributions.

While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

Web browser

Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience. Latest Mozilla FireFox Latest Microsoft Edge Latest Apple Safari.

Recommended software

Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice) PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt) Courses may require other software that is described in the above course outline.

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Corporate training programs are offered exclusively for employer-sponsored workforce development and are not available for individual enrollment.
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