Estimating the costs

The site list provided below will guide an ID in the estimating the budget for their project in training and education. Using these tools will provide a step by step process for developing the budget. These sites will provide the beginner with needed information in one location.

http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/costs.html

Estimating Costs and Time in Instructional Design:

This is a good site; it highlights the time ratio you would use to estimate the development hours within an ID project. It provides short statements that would help guide you through the process of establishing a good frame work for your budget and timeline for your project. Although the site is a little old the time frames it provides to convert conventional to E-learning is still a good starting reference point. It even provides you the Instructor preparation time. This site would assist in the activity breakdown and cost for the project’s budget. In using the information provide by this site the project manager could design a project fitting the client’s desire.

http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/fall123/gordon123.html

Using a Web-based System to Estimate the Cost of Online Course Production:

This site is good for the ID who is developing online course material. It discusses estimating the cost with the awareness that it will cost more to develop online instructions. It provides examples for the designer as models in an asynchronous environment, which is most of online instructions today. Using the ACM model it shows you how to estimate the ratio cost per hour.

These two examples guide an ID through the process of estimating time and cost for an educational project. These type of tools will aid greatly in provide an accurate budget for the project manager.