Rutgers U, Volute Partner on Personalized Learning Marketplace
The Center for Online and Hybrid Learning and Instructional Technologies (COHLIT) at Rutgers University in New Jersey has partnered with Volute to launch the Volute Marketplace, where universities can bundle and share personalized education solutions.
According
to a news release, the Volute Marketplace is a "new sharing economy
model for universities." Higher education institutions can combine web
components called Volute Apps to create personalized education bundles,
a concept that the company calls "composable education."
Rutgers
University is in the process of developing a package of Volute Apps,
including an advanced learning management system (LMS), an online
program management (OPM) system and administrative tools. The
university will first use its Volute App package in house as a
knowledge management and collaboration environment for faculty and
staff. Rutgers then plans to expand the package to include learning
tools for students and alumni at all 30 of its schools. The university
also plans to make its package of Volute Apps available to all of
Volutes' university members through the Volute Marketplace.
"We
are always looking for technology that improves our ability to
aggregate and associate information in meaningful and specialized
ways," said Richard Novak, vice president of continuing studies at
Rutgers, in a prepared statement. "The partnership with Volute allows
us to create custom digital environments that support the end-to-end
innovation of our services."
Further information about the Volute Marketplace can be found on Volute's site.
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