Pearson Online Learning Services

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Pearson Online Learning Services

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Online Program Management
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How we can help

Want to reach more learners through online learning? We can help you in many ways (large and small) through multiple channels (traditional and non-traditional).

Pearson Pathways: grow enrollments without a long-term contract

Pathways opens a flexible, fast-growing new channel for reaching motivated learners you aren’t reaching today. Its powerful recommendation engine helps learners find the right online programs to accelerate their career progress. Meanwhile, you tap into third-party investment to scale programs risk-free, more flexibly, with no OPM contract.

Pathways offers compelling benefits to both learners and institutions:

You can:

Increase starts and grow online programs by reaching more learners and getting into more consideration sets

Expand brand exposure by joining a high-profile marketplace of respected institutions

Improve prospect satisfaction via a more efficient and transparent application process

Develop valuable insights about learner preferences and program competitiveness

Learners can:

Save time finding the right programs through a smart recommendation engine

Access respected degree programs, certificates, and short courses through one convenient source

Quickly compare options and costs, side-by-side

Make more confident decisions, with help from a well-trained professional Navigator

Apply to multiple schools at once, quickly and efficiently

Start learning faster — and progressing towards goals sooner

Connect to motivated, qualified learners and enroll them faster

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Discover what online learners want and how they search for it

Harness dramatic advances in learner recruitment

Pearson Advance: market and deliver non-degree offerings at scale

Discover a new way to reach more qualified prospects and grow enrollments via branded non-degree short courses, certificates, microcredentials, and other online learning experiences. Pearson Advance combines a unique curated site for presenting innovative offerings alongside other leaders; a complete success framework to help learners make confident decisions; advanced online learning technologies for delivering robust, scalable, and experiential offerings at scale; and rich analytics for better planning.

With Pearson Advance, it’s easy to guide prepared, motivated learners through multiple offerings, increasing their value and reducing acquisition costs. Through stackable experiences, you can build learners' confidence, and grow pipelines of individuals who want to go even further. Customize your Pearson Advance storefront around your learners’ journeys, promote opportunities to accelerate degree completion, and more.

Advance offers compelling benefits to both learners and institutions:

You can:

Access a new channel for reaching qualified learners and growing enrollments

Deliver more robust, scalable, and experiential online offerings

Strengthen your brand by presenting innovative programs alongside other leading institutions

Provide cost-effective, end-to-end student support at scale

Improve planning through better data and richer analytics

Get support from Pearson’s exceptional marketers and promotion experts

Learners can:

Get convenient access to curated, high-quality non-degree short courses, certificates, and microcredentials to build resumes and advance careers

Make more informed, confident, and timely educational choices

Get personalized support that promotes success

Move easily into degree programs, building their knowledge and value for a lifetime

Explore more of what Pearson Advance offers your institution

Online Program Management (OPM): access proven strategies and services via a custom partnership

As you reimagine the future of learning, build on experience. We pioneered online learning partnerships, and we’ve spent the past 25 years innovating them. Together, we can customize a flexible financial model that serves your programs and goals best, helping you extend your capabilities to enter new markets and scale more successfully. Whether you're interested in an OPM revenue share or fee-for-service arrangement, we can provide:

Research & insights. Use in-depth insights and proprietary analytics to choose the right programs, limit risk, plan strategy, assess performance, and continually improve.
Student acquisition. Our creative team, brand strategists, marketers, media buyers, SEO analysts, data scientists, and recruiters work together to help you reach prospects and grow enrollment.
Curriculum design. Get data-informed recommendations to attract more students who’ll succeed, as you build more compelling, scalable, and sustainable programs.
Learning design. Apply best practices for online instruction, accessibility, and assessment — and help faculty translate their visions into rich experiences, with full control over content and quality.
Student support. Improve satisfaction, retention, and graduation rates by giving each online learner a personal coach who’ll support, guide, and encourage them every step of the way.
Faculty support. Give faculty personalized support and training to succeed online without forcing them to become experts in online learning technology.
Help desk. Extend your resources to offer comprehensive, high-quality, 24x7 Help Desk support, even at peak times.