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 FutureU's Booster Bundle is the complete, quick and easy start-up solution for creating 5 courses in 5 weeks and introducing faculty to pedagogically sound instructional design and the learning facilitation practices required for online or blended delivery.
Combines instructor led application of the 20 module FutureU Faculty Web Book described below and up to 5 hours of top-level expert coaching for each of 5 participants for 5 weeks. You get five licenses for FutureU's acclaimed Faculty Web Book and 50 licenses for FutureU's time-tested Student Web Book. Also, two online, peer discussion forums (one for technology questions, the other for the issues and challenges of teaching online).
Booster Bundle Components Include:
- Faculty Orientation. Five seats in a 5-week orientation to online teaching that includes instructor led application of 20 self-paced modules that prepare participants to teach online or in a blended classroom. Worth $2,500 ($500 each seat).
- Email, Online and Telephone Coaching. Expert advice as you build your course online. Up to 5 hours for each of 5 faculty participants--a $5,000 value when purchased separately.
- Online Peer Discussion. Two facilitated discussion forums, one for technology questions, the other for the issues and challenges of teaching online--Priceless.
- Student Course. Before students begin academic studies online, eliminate obstacles to online learning with this instructor-led course. Bundle includes 50 course seats worth $2,500 ($50 each) Access to FutureU's Student Web Book also included.
- Economically Priced: A $10,000 total value for just $6,000, plus expenses. That's a 40% discount and only $1,200 per instructor. Similar learning opportunities can run $2,500 or more.
- Alternative Face-to-Face Workshop: Available at your location for groups of faculty/course developers. Two days surrounded by a week prior and a week following the face-to-face workshops. $7,500, plus expenses for up to 20 faculty members.
- Course Design Review. Confidential written critique of your online courses, with expert recommendations sent privately by email. An additional $600 for each course.
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FutureU’s Booster Bundle offers you these valuable outcomes:
  Your new online project successfully launched with courses up and running
Your existing online project functioning better than you ever thought possible
Instructors trained and ready to inspire and guide others
Students fully ready to focus on the content, not the delivery system
Broader support for online learning
Greater clarity about future needs for funding and training
A thoughtful ongoing discussion about learning and teaching online
A written transcript of that discussion–the starting point for FAQs
An established relationship with experts and peers for future advice and support
The confidence to proceed with additional online offerings
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Also available from FutureU:
- Strategic planning web conferences or teleconferences with a technology expert in adult learning delivered online
- Professional conversion of your syllabi, course materials, outlines, and resources for online delivery
- A talent bank of experienced online course facilitators
- Faculty/course developer coaching in online course development and facilitation
- A growing catalog of off-the-shelf and customized courses delivered entirely or partially online. Subjects include career and life planning, leadership, management, and human resources
- Face-to-face learning expeditions and workshops on business and work-related topics
- Access to leading thinkers in organizational development, personal and professional development, adult learning, and the application of technology to learning delivery
- Custom-written marketing copy to recruit students to your online course
- Online bookstore with direct delivery to you from Amazon.com
All FutureU online courses, planning tools, and web books exist as a series of Web pages accessed by password on the Internet. You must have an Internet email address and access to the World Wide Web. Ask us about hardware and software requirements for your school.
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Please Note: Although we recommend the full Booster Bundle for any school with an interest in beginning or enhancing an online learning initiative, you may not be ready for such a comprehensive approach. In that case, you may want to purchase individual seats in our public offering of the Faculty Course, based on our two-volume Faculty Web Book. When you are ready to launch your course, you may also purchase any number Student Web Books or seats in one of our public offerings of the Student Course, based on the Student Web Book. (Contact us for pricing.)
The Booster Bundle is a product of FutureU, an online publishing house and consulting firm that specializes in e-learning and virtual collaboration for business and higher education.
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