Cost effectiveness analysis of converting a classroom course to a network based instruction module
By: Samantha J. Green
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) 
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 37
Description: The Superintendent of the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) presented a State-of-the-School address that      profiled the university of the future. This futuristic university included Network Based Learning (NBL) to      provide training to a dispersed audience. Through a Jackson Foundation Grant, the NPS Institute for Education      and Analysis (IDEA) is funding two contractors to convert two Executive Management Education (EME)      classes into NBL modules. This thesis performs a cost effectiveness analysis on converting the two modules and      discusses the intangible costs and benefits associated with converting traditional classroom courses. Using data      collected from IDEA and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, this thesis analyzes the total cost per student as      a greater number of courses are converted to NBL modules as compared to an EME conference format with      no NBL modules. The findings revealed that converting only two modules is by no means cost effective in the      short term. However, cost savings can be realized by converting more modules. As the same modules are used      repeatedly, the high start-up costs eventually become cost effective. The many intangible benefits of NBL also      add to the effectiveness of this endeavor.
Notes: "December 1997."

Thesis advisor(s): William R. Gates.

Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36)

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