That addresses the quality issue. These courses are then adapted to the workplace needs of the learners. There are two critical components here. First, we have short courses, generally expected to take 25-30 hours to complete. These courses can be more focused on the learner's needs and can more readily fit into their schedule.
Second students can begin at any time and progress at their own rate.
Thus they can begin when they have the time and, if they have travel or important work scheduled, they can move at a slower pace or take a week off. This, of course, presents problems in creating a collaborative environment. However, I think we have taken a very innovative approach in which we emphasize a learning community in which students are mutual supportive of each others work. Also, check out the employment opportunities. As we seek to expand our course production capability we are opening course development facilities in Bloomington, IN to take advantage of the strength of the students coming out of the instructional technology program there, the strong web design skills that abound, and the new School of Informatics.