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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wheatydigger, post: 2108746, member: 35607&quot;]In response to question 1-</p><p>The hardest part of creating a <i>successful </i>online course would be not only to have interesting material for beginner numismatists, but also to have the ability to harness their interests in the subject and keep them interested for an extended period of time. Grabbing the interest of someone new to the hobby would be the number one priority for a successful online numismatics course.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I would achieve this by having a nice, updated website that is user friendly for any interested in the subject. A drab, boring, and ill-designed website would only turn away potential hobbyists. At this point, I would place highlights on certain interesting numismatic subjects. American coin history, world numismatics, ancient numismatics, and European numismatic history would all be highlighted courses, along with other subjects that could potentially be areas of interest for new collectors. Later, courses for more advanced subjects, like coin grading and economics, would be offered. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; The trick to keeping the interest of these new numismatists would be to make the education part as interesting as possible. The textbook style education where one reads from a book and takes notes would not be the fashion in which I would educate people on. Interactive exercises&nbsp; would be a focus, but reading would also be part of the course, as it is unavoidable in any form of education. All courses would not be rushed in order to have as much useful information as possible to get the prospective hobbyists excited about numismatics, and the courses would also not be dragged on indefinitely to keep that excitement going.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; At the end of each course, a test will be presented to the student in order to finish the course. Any grade below 90% on the test will not be enough to get a certificate of completion, but all missed questions will be highlighted and the student can go back to read up on what they missed and take the test again as many times as they want. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The goal of this course would be to be as informative as possible without losing the interest of those taking it. Achieving this would expand the hobby and start a generation of new, excited numismatists.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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