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• Substitutions of Technology for Labor
  The Course Redesign Project is a large-scale initiative intended to increase access, achieve cost savings, and utilize technology to facilitate learning. -- more...
  
• Balancing Efficiency & Effectiveness
  In a mixed delivery model Freshman Composition course, Brigham Young University finds a mechanism for balancing efficiency and effectiveness, two goals of most higher education institutions. -- more...
  
• Virtual Biology Laboratory
  By replacing lab instructors with graduate tutors, West Chester University is able to increase student satisfaction, and reduce costs. -- more...
  

• The Colorado Community Colleges Online
  Sharing online services among community colleges in Colorado through The Colorado Community Colleges Online reduces operating costs. -- more...
  
• Consortial Arrangement Results in High-Yield Cost Avoidance
  Virtual Library of Virginia, a statewide consortia, makes arrangements for virtual libraries to increase access, improve learning opportunities for students and faculty, and achieve cost savings. -- more...
  
• The Real-Time Case Method: Using Collaboration to Enhance the Learning Experience and Reduce New Product Costs
  University of Massachusetts uses the Real-Time Case Method (RCTM) to provide in-depth coverage and real-time interactivity with a case company. -- more...
  

• Creating Efficiency by Streamlining Test Proctoring Process
  Florida State University creates an efficient and user-friendly test proctoring process that reduces duplications and eliminates the need to mail exam materials to proctors. -- more...
  
• Snapshots of Online Learning
  Florida State University's Office for Distributed and Distance Learning created an About Online Learning @ FSU website that features snapshot data under six categories that reveal a variety of information about FSU's courses, students and instructors related to FSU's online degree programs. This website has become a tool for reflective and demonstrative purposes that can ultimately lead to teaching and learning improvements and for strategic planning. -- more...
  
• Building a Quality Online Course With Free Materials
  The Rochester Institute of Technology's History Department cost effectively developed a fully online modern history course, and, in the process, created an online inventory of resources that are freely available online for other educators to utilize for the creation of web-enhanced, blended or fully online humanities and social science courses. -- more...
  
• Business Planning and Costing Model Streamlines Development and Implementation Process
  Michigan State University's Office of MSU Global has created an effective Business Planning and Cost Model (BPCM) for the planning, development and implementation of online degree and certificate programs. -- more...
  
• Program Costing Model Aims to Ensure Positive ROI
  Michigan State University's Office of MSU Global has created an effective Program Costing Model (PCM) that is used for planning the development and implementation of new online degree or certificate programs and for ensuring that the institution obtains a positive return on investment. -- more...
  
• Global Academic Business Planning Model Used for Planning the Development and Implementation of Hybrid Degree and Certificate Programs in Partnership with International Higher Education Institutions
  Michigan State University's Office of MSU Global has created an effective Global Academic Business Planning Model for planning the development and implementation of hybrid degree and certificate programs in partnership with international higher education institutions in strategic countries. The model is designed so that MSU generates a positive return on investment. -- more...
  
• Comprehensive Academic Advising and Information System
  Penn State University's secure Web site provides students with easy access to their academic records and allows them to take more responsibility for their education at the university. At the same time, the online process maximizes human resources at PSU and creates a more cost-effective service. -- more...
  
• "Any time, anywhere" Faculty and Curriculum Development: Using Asynchronous Learning Tools Beyond the Classroom
  At Pace University, asynchronous learning tools provide support to faculty and curriculum development projects and improve student and faculty satisfaction with little or no additional costs. -- more...
  
• Cost-Effective Distributed Learning with Electronics Labs
  Brigham Young University utilizes simulated electronics laboratories to increase access and decrease the number of trips to a physical lab at a reduced cost. -- more...
  
• Faculty Staffing Tool Saves Valuable Time
  At the University of Maryland University College (UMUC), the development and implementation of an interface tool provides a more efficient and means of scheduling faculty course assignments. -- more...
  

• Designing a "One-Page" for Tuition and Funding
  Duquesne University provides important financial information to students by listing the various funding options on its program tuition web page. -- more...
  

• Comparing the cost-effectiveness of online versus traditional classroom cost per student pass rates
  University of California, Davis's research examines the cost-effectiveness of an online delivery model that links student learning outcomes with development and delivery costs. -- more...
  

• Interactive Faculty Training CD-ROMs
  At the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) standardized, affordable, and accessible online faculty training CD-ROMs provide a high-quality, flexible, and reusable delivery mechanism. -- more...
  
• Enhancing Quality and Reducing Costs in the Teaching of Computer Literacy courses: A High-Tech, High-Touch Approach
  Western Kentucky University uses a Web-based, self-paced computer literacy course to increase access and reduces costs. -- more...