21st Century Education for the New Business
Economy!
The LCC Business Technology Division's E-Commerce
Courses provide online education for entrepreneurs, individuals
seeking positions in the new world of online business and
for employees of companies needing specific skills to assist their
companies in making the transition to the EBusiness environment.
All E-Commerce courses are online, Internet based and
modular to fit the needs of students in today's market. Other
key business education courses designated for the E-commerce curriculum
will be offered online with traditional classroom offerings also
available.
Most E-Commerce courses are offered in single credit hour,
five week modules*. You will be able to take a mixture of
available modularized courses based on the skills you need or your
interests. There are no formal prerequisites for these courses but
they assume familiarity with the Internet and with basic Business
concepts and systems.
[If you have never successfully taken
an online course before please CLICK HERE.]
The E-Commerce courses will provide an introduction to the technology
and historical development of transactional services on data networks,
an understanding of the elements of e-commerce and e-business operations,
introduction to direct personalized marketing on the Internet, and
an introduction to the roll of back office operations such as accounting,
inventory control and customer service in the E-Business environment.
Schedule
The following courses are available during semester and
summer sessions at Leeward Community College. Modules are scheduled
in sequence through each semester but the course may be done at
any time.
Hardware and software required
Preferred hardware is Pentium III+ based with at least 128+
MB of RAM, Netscape Communicator or Explorer 6.0 including
RealAudio RealOne and high speed Internet access via Road Runner,
ISDN or at least 56K modem. You will need at least a multimedia
PC with a current RealAudio RealOne player and at least 56 mbps
modem with Netscape or Explorer in its most recent form. Macs need
to be similarly equipped. Everything is based in the Webct virtual
classroom and is handled by your browser. You will also need MSN
Messenger installed for impromptu conferences and informal class
communication.
Straight Talk About Online Education
Online education is not for everyone! While online education will
be the primary way that people learn new skills and gain new information
in the future this is still a very new world. In its present form
online courses work for certain types of people but are not well
suited to certain othe types. You need to determine your style of
learning to see if online courses are a good match for you.
Those people who are most successful in online courses are self
motivated, independent learners, who are comfortable setting their
own schedules. The most successful are also comfortable figuring
things out for themselves and wish to interact with the instructor
on a personal basis to get more information and do not
need to ask for constant clarification on procedure.If
you do not fit this description you should consider very carefully
and talk to me before enrolling in one of these courses.
To determine your learning style please take the short survey below
to determine how well you would do in an online course.
