Whether you’re looking to try something new, wanting to better connect with your students or need to develop your curriculum for hybrid or online environments, AdvancED’s team of skilled practitioners is ready to support your next step.
Non-credit offerings provide academic units with the opportunity to expand their learning portfolios, reach new audiences, and further engage existing learners. The Office of Learning Innovation (OLI) supports non-credit endeavors through lifelong learning and professional offerings.
- Lifelong Learning offerings are ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated pursuits of knowledge for personal and/or professional reasons. These offerings usually enhance social inclusion, active citizenship, general curiosity, and personal and professional development. Lifelong learning offerings at Vanderbilt include:
- Alumni Learning
- MOOCs
- Osher Lifelong Learning
- Standalone courses or engagements
- Professional offerings are post-secondary continuing education offerings, usually defined around a specific skill or competency aimed at upskilling or reskilling individuals for professional pursuits. Professional offerings at Vanderbilt include:
- Bootcamps
- Continuing education micro-credentials
- Executive Education
- Non-credit certificates
Working with our team is optional, and we are here to support your work during all phases of creation and launch. Connect with us using the form below to explore your options.
What to Expect & Resources
The Office of Learning Innovation (OLI) collaborates with units across Vanderbilt University to enable the development and delivery of innovative offerings. As the hub for digital and lifelong education, we strive to provide academic units with the infrastructure, expertise, and resources needed to launch online and/or hybrid offerings.
Our team can provide project management, instructional design, marketing and enrollment support, and coordination with other units on campus to help deliver new offerings successfully.
The following are the different services we can offer at various stages of development:
Plan
- Program Strategy & Ideation: Support identification of new opportunities, financial planning, resource identification, and program differentiation
- Market Analysis: Provide market research and program feasibility to guide program development and a go-to-market strategy
- Partner Recommendations: Coordinate internal partnerships with other units that have relevant expertise (e.g. URO, OAPRAA) or facilitate external partnerships where applicable
Build
- Project Management: Oversee all program implementation, planning, and execution
- Instructional Design: Provide faculty dedicated, end-to-end instructional design support for course design, build, and quality review
- Media & Production Management: Our in-house digital media team provides faculty with a bespoke experience to produce course content including high-quality video, audio, and graphic design services.
Deliver
- Marketing & Enrollment Management: Oversee and manage marketing, admissions, and enrollment
- Assessment: Partner with OAPRAA to define program assessment strategy and monitor program needs more broadly
- Content revisions: Support content refresh after the program is launched
Approval Process
All non-credit offerings must submit a proposal through the Office of Academic Program Review, Assessment, and Accreditation (OAPRAA). This proposal allows our teams to record, monitor and report on non-credit activity within the university.
Interested but looking for other innovative learning solutions? Check out these other options for developing digital and lifelong learning in partnership with the Office of Learning Innovation.
Launch an online degree or certificate
Dedicated to enabling high-quality, uniquely Vanderbilt programs, our team can partner with you to plan, develop, and launch online or hybrid graduate degrees and certificates.
Create a MOOC
Partnering with online learning platforms, we can help you launch a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). These courses are available to learners across the globe, allowing you to broaden your education reach.
Explore digital & lifelong learning advisory services
Supporting academic units across campus to catalyze and facilitate innovative learning. Whether you are looking for full program support, market research, media production, or best practices our team can assist you.
Learn more about digital & lifelong learning advisory services
Vanderbilt's Current Online Learning Library
Visit Vanderbilt Online to see all existing online education offerings, including degree programs and continuing education courses. Picture your content there and then get started by partnering with us to create your online course or program.
Imagine What's Possible.