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E-Learning Course Development Service Pricing
Is there a method used to calculate the cost relating to designing elearning courses? What should you take into consideration when you are preparing an estimate?
Hi John,
The resources above are great and similar to the ones I would post myself. Also, keep in mind that expenses may vary by section of the country, or other economic or geographical factors. I would say the first thing is to check out what you are really "worth" 
. Find out what companies are paying instructional designers/elearning developers in your area as a n hourly fee. Check both recruiting companies and organizations that have internal employees. Then, you may even have some luck get that out of some other developers :-). Figure out what your "personal" rate and worth is. I know for me, although at some point, in my area, companies were looking to pay a certain amount for elearning work, other than cracking the industry, after a while it wasn't worth it to work for lower than a certain amount. This can really be challenging work and so in addition all the goodies that Jenise mentioned above, I would suggest really doing some area research so that you can figure out what works for you.
RK
