CourseArc: A Case Study in Course Design, Ecosystem Leverage, and Persistence

CourseArc: A Case Study in Course Design, Ecosystem Leverage, and Persistence

Frank Bonsal III's show

07/06/2017 2:44PM

Episode Synopsis "CourseArc: A Case Study in Course Design, Ecosystem Leverage, and Persistence"

Approximately ten years ago, Katie Egan met and hired Bethany Meyer, a fellow UMBC alumna, to help with her consulting business. The two set out to build quality, customized online courses for a variety of clients. Katie was the experienced instructional designer; Bethany was the engineer and web developer. Along the way, they realized that they just might be able to build and scale a platform that would allow instructors to more easily design and launch their own online courses. The task for Katie and Bethany was to avail an affordable, easy-to-use, secure and standards-compliant platform for launching online courses in K-12, postsecondary, and corporate learning. Enter CourseArc.

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