According to a May 2009 report by the U.S. Department of Education, “Online learning… is one of the fastest growing trends in educational uses of technology.”  This is a great opportunity for ANYONE to share their knowledge of any subject with others and actually make some money.  This is a game changer as it takes education to a level more easily accessible for everyone.  Anyone with extensive knowledge on any topic can create their own university and spread knowledge to others.

Prfessor is to online universities what Blogger is to online weblogs – a super easy, brandable way to start your own university.  The genius of Prfessor is that you can set up the university to teach whatever you want that you hold expertise on, whether that’s business and marketing, or something more fun like cross-stitch and needlepoint or model train building.  You don’t have to bear the brunt of the work either – many Prfessor based online universities have grown to include not only the founder as a professor, but other skilled teachers have been recruited to offer students incredibly well rounded content.

Online learning (a) helps increase the availability of learning experiences for learners who cannot or choose not to attend traditional face-to-face offerings… (b) is a cost-efficient way to put together and disseminate instructional content… or (c) helps instructors to “handle more students while maintaining learning outcome quality.”.  I can tell you that this is true  – my husband is about to graduate from DeVry University after having taken three years of courses part-time online after work.  There’s no way he could have achieved this if he was forced to attend a physical school as his work hours often include on-call service calls and overtime.  People want to learn, and online is the way to go.

Prfessor just launched yesterday, and only 200 accounts are being offered to begin with.  It’s a relatively low barrier of entry to start a university – $1997 for a custom-skinned (designed) account, and that after 30-days you will be charged only $49.97 a month for the use of the software.  You’ll also get the bonuses of the branding, help from content experts to get you going, and hands-on premium support.  Go ahead – start sharing your extensive knowledge on a topic and let me know – I just might take your class!

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