{"id":60341,"date":"2017-08-12T18:10:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T22:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=60341"},"modified":"2017-08-12T18:11:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T22:11:38","slug":"instructional-design-firm-launches-digital-marketplace-enables-innovative-us-to-offer-unbundled-alternative-credentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2017\/08\/12\/instructional-design-firm-launches-digital-marketplace-enables-innovative-us-to-offer-unbundled-alternative-credentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructional Design Firm Launches Digital Marketplace; Enables Innovative U’s to Offer Unbundled Alternative Credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instructional Design Firm Launches Digital Marketplace; Enables Innovative Universities to Offer Unbundled Alternative Credentials<\/strong><\/a> — from\u00a0prnewswire.com
\niDesign Course Market will help colleges deliver course content, accept payment, and issue digital credentials and certificates online<\/em><\/p>\n

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DALLAS<\/span>,\u00a0Aug. 10, 2017<\/span>\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Instructional design firm,\u00a0iDesign<\/a>, [on 8\/10\/17] announced Course Market, a digital marketplace that universities can use to offer standalone courses and digital credentials in high demand fields. Course Market integrates LMS technology from\u00a0Instructure<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Credly’s<\/a>\u00a0pioneering credential platform to deliver engaging learner experiences with real value in the job market. Institutions that utilize Course Market can seamlessly enroll students in continuing education programs, accept payment, deliver content, and issue digital badges or certificates, which can be instantly uploaded and shared through social networks like LinkedIn or Facebook.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Alternative credentials are unquestionably gaining traction among working adults looking for accelerated pathways to new schools and executive education. We view Course Market as a great tool for universities that want to expand access to learners who may otherwise be unable to take advantage of traditional degree programs,” said\u00a0William Valenta<\/span>, Assistant Dean of MBA and Executive Programs at\u00a0University of Pittsburgh<\/span>\u00a0Katz Graduate School of Business.\u00a0 “By applying Course Market’s technology and infrastructure to our existing educational offerings, the Katz school successfully enhanced access, affordability, and career relevance.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Instructional Design Firm Launches Digital Marketplace; Enables Innovative Universities to Offer Unbundled Alternative Credentials — from\u00a0prnewswire.com iDesign Course Market will help colleges deliver course content, accept payment, and issue digital credentials and certificates online Excerpt: DALLAS,\u00a0Aug. 10, 2017\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Instructional design firm,\u00a0iDesign, [on 8\/10\/17] announced Course Market, a digital marketplace that universities can use to offer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,260,823,3,180,119,449,379,50,321,214,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cmslms","category-content-development-aggregation-repositories","category-credentialing","category-higher-education","category-innovation","category-instructional-design","category-marketplaces","category-mba","category-teaching-learning","category-united-states","category-universities","category-vendors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60342,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60341\/revisions\/60342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}