Why choose us
What will you get if you'll join us:
A degree from UB is recognized around the world, earning you respect and creating unique opportunities. The University at Buffalo attracts world-class faculty and students like you, who build and enrich our strong academic community. With the highest quality top-ranked programs, as well as manageable costs and numerous scholarship opportunities, UB is an excellent investment in your future.
Our Mission
To improve the lives of under-served students and the communities in which they live. Globally, our flexible, supportive environment empowers dedicated students to achieve their goals.
FINANCIAL AIDS
Academy of Learning offers financial aid for learners who could benefit from our paid products, but cannot afford to pay the associated fee. Learners accepted into the program are granted a fee waiver that allows them to access all of the course content and complete all work required to earn a Certificate. To receive Academy of Learning Financial Aid, learners must complete a brief application describing their financial circumstances and motivations for taking the course.
A recent survey showed that less than half of of our learners knew about the program, meaning not everyone who can benefit from Financial Aid is aware of it. To address this issue, we recently developed a new design for our payment page designed to raise the visibility of Financial Aid. When we applied the new design to a few courses, we doubled the number of learners receiving Financial Aid. This result suggests that financial aid can help many more learners benefit from our paid offerings. We are now working to increase the visibility of Financial Aid in a similar way across our entire website.
OUR LMS SYSTEM
A learning management system is a software-based or SaaS platform that supports the administration, automation, and delivery of educational courses, training programs, or learning and development programs. In short, it helps you deliver training materials to various audiences – think everything from to online courses, to real-time instruction sessions. What’s more, most systems nowadays can even be accessed via smartphone.
The powerhouse of a complete learning technology solution, an LMS operates best when it’s scalable and flexible to the various needs of your learners. It’s also a fundamental component of an effective learning strategy.
Learning management systems are used to deploy a variety of learning strategies across different formats, including (but not limited to ) formal, experiential, and social learning, to manage functions such as compliance training, certification management, and sales enablement.
The best LMS says “you want it, I got it” (well… actually, we’re still working on the genie functionality to give you the ultimate user-friendly experience).
