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10 Key Elements of
Highly Successful Educational Programs©
Online or off, highly effective educational programs do the following:
  1. #1 Constructs
    Provide clear conceptual frameworks for learning, using learner maps, blueprints, syllabi and/or conceptual diagrams.
  2. #2 Progressive
    Structure lessons sequentially and progressively, using step-by-step guidelines or other parameters.
  3. #3 Accessible
    Offer learners flexible ways of learning, accommodate multiple learning styles and make accessible to learners with disabilities (e.g., learning, sight, etc.).
  4. #4 Feedback
    Permit learners to monitor progress through end-of-lesson quizzes, end-of-program assessments and certificates, instructor feedback features, and progress bars.
  5. #5 Authentic
    Facilitate learner skill acquisition using browser-based tools and software, and other digital and authentic performance-based methods.
  6. #6 Portfolios
    Help learners build portfolios of work in conjunction with and as a direct result of authentic skill acquisition.
  7. #7 Support
    Provide learners with ongoing support through online community forums and workshops, and lesson answers and solutions.
  8. #8 Instructors
    Provide learners with access to instructors and feedback in real-time using online community forums, asynchronous classrooms or scheduled video chats.
  9. #9 Careers
    Guide learner career choices by designing syllabi and packaging coursework around in-demand, industry-specific professions.
  10. #10 Industry
    Incorporate input from employers and industry experts about the type of skills learners need for industry-specific professions.

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Frequently Asked Questions
  1. Do they work?
    Our measures are specifically designed to help courses and learning platforms become more effective, marketable and profitable; and to help learners become skilled quicker and achieve goals faster.
  2. For what and whom do they work?
    Our measures work with most courses, learning formats and educational programs; and for all learners and educators regardless of gender, age, education, occupation, etc.
  3. How do they work?
    Our measures are descriptive, predictive or prescriptive; and help answer questions about why something didn’t work; whether something will work; and/or how to make something work or work better.
  4. How soon can I get the results?
    Usually within a week or two, depending upon the type of research, analysis and report; and whether for individuals or aggregates.
  5. Are they reliable?
    Our measures consistently predict course success and learner needs and preferences for most educational programs and learning platforms.
  6. How are the results formatted?
    Results are presented in clear, concise reports that provide user-friendly infographics, and numerical, graphical and narrative formats. Customized reports are also available for an additional fee.
  7. Are they valid?
    Our surveys reliably measure course success and learner needs and preferences for most educational programs and learning platforms.
  8. How much do they cost?
    Our prices vary depending upon the type of research, measure, analysis and report; and range between $99 for simple assessments and $999 for market and user research. Discounts are available for nonprofits.
The impact trajectory:

Enhanced skill acquisition

Optimized Programming

Faster
results

Skillify Solutions=Faster Results
Skillify’s goal is to help our clients better design and customize their online courses, and education and training programs to be more successful—and therefore more marketable and profitable.  
 
To this end, learning must result in the acquisition of new knowledge and skills.  And these in turn, must translate into customer professional and financial success—such as a new career or business, a better job, position or business, or an increase in salary or revenue.  And the sooner the better: preferably within three to six months.
 
And here’s where we come in.
 
To get customers from learning to doing and from doing to earning, in the most direct, efficient and cost-effective way possible, we target factors most critical to customers in choosing online courses, using quantitative measures such as success metrics and usability testing. Our measures can be used as descriptive, predictive and/or prescriptive tools, and help answer questions like: why didn’t it work; what can make it work better; or will it work and for whom? 
 
Our tools benefit both developers-educators and customers-learners alike, by enhancing course content, learning platforms and marketing efforts; and reducing costs that occur as a result of redevelopment, reconstruction or attrition.
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Sample Meter
Disclaimer: this sample measure  is an abbreviated version of the full Course Success Meter and results may be imprecise.