- Job title
- Human Resources Specialist
- Sector
- Law
- Organization type
- 40-person manufacturing company
- Joined
- Feb 2023
- Message
- 185
i opened an english language school in ankara 8 years ago. i always taught in physical classrooms, max 30-40 students. when the pandemic started i had to switch to online, set it up in the first week. but then 3 months later i was like 'man, online actually seems good'.
let me explain why i switched from physical classrooms to online: 1) Students take lessons from home, if they don't have time they watch the video later. 2) It's easy to change text, i turned lesson materials into PDFs and sent them. 3) I price the online course lower (500 TL vs 2000 TL for groups), sales picked up fast.
I got 70 new students in 9 months. Now I've opened 3 video conference groups, morning group, evening group, night group. Every group is full. I don't regret leaving the physical course because I'm not paying rent for a house, just internet. The investment was very low. Currently the course has reached 120 active students.
Maybe I'll do hybrid in the future but right now online is totally successful. During the pandemic I thought 'this is bad' but then I realized it could actually be 'better'.