Prepare a Timeline; Plan for Up-front Time Investment.
Developing
a quality educational website requires a large up-front
investment of time. Once the site is complete maintenance
will take less effort, and when spread over months or years
the total investment (development time + ongoing teaching
efforts) is cost effective. But if not anticipated, the initial
time requirement may overwhelm developers and lead to
a project’s premature demise.
Prepare and follow a timeline.
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Allow sufficient time to
develop the content, create or find appropriate multimedia,
develop active learning techniques, prepare evaluation instruments
(write and validate questions), and pilot the site prior
to full implementation. If you are forced to scale back the
project remember that revisions to a website, including more
complete implementations, are easily done down the road.