Mission Fuel will support Higher Logic Thrive Learn customers and continue serving associations outside the software company’s customer base
Higher Logic has acquired Mission Fuel AI to add course design and curriculum development services for associations. Photo credit: Higher Logic.
Higher Logic has acquired Mission Fuel AI, adding specialist course designers to help associations build education programs from the knowledge they already hold.
The online community and marketing software provider is adding course authoring, instructional design and curriculum development services for Higher Logic Thrive Learn customers. Mission Fuel will also work with other associations, either as their learning design partner or as additional capacity for an internal team.
Rob Wenger, Chief Executive Officer of Higher Logic, says: “Great technology goes further when it’s paired with expertise that builds on an association’s strengths.”
Turning existing content into member education
Mission Fuel works with associations and their subject matter experts to develop professional learning, drawing on material those organizations already produce.
Dan Streeter, Founder of Mission Fuel, says: “A journal article, an expert presentation, or a community discussion can be the starting point for a valuable course. Our team helps associations build on that material with clear learning goals and opportunities to practice, so members can use what they learn.”
The company’s services extend beyond self-paced online courses to workshops, instructor-led training, short learning activities, simulations and assessment programs. Its wider offering also includes onboarding, career pathways and training materials that organizations’ own staff can deliver.
Development begins with identifying the audience and the tasks learners need to perform. Mission Fuel then sets learning objectives, structures the curriculum and plans how results will be evaluated before moving into scripts, activities and course production.
The company describes its approach as writing objectives around observable behaviors rather than topics alone, with opportunities to make decisions, practice and receive feedback.
Building courses for existing learning systems
Mission Fuel says it has delivered 2,000 hours of finished content ready for use in learning management systems, the software organizations use to deliver and track training.
Its production services include narration, graphics, branching scenarios and assessments. The delivery process includes testing courses in the customer’s learning system, checking that progress is recorded, and reviewing accessibility.
Mission Fuel says captions and transcripts are included in course delivery, alongside checks against accessibility standards. Customers also receive the source files, allowing them to retain the underlying course materials after production.
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