About Michigan Engineering Online & Professional Education
Michigan Engineering's Home for ONline and Professional Education
Who We Are
The Michigan Engineering Online & Professional Education (ME-OPE) team includes technology and production specialists, instructional designers, program management experts, marketing specialists, and more. Together, we focus on creating lifelong learning experiences with a focus on innovation and progress.
How Michigan Engineering Online & Professional Education Can Help You
ME-OPE offers continuing education for professionals in a wide variety of industries and supports faculty members by aiding in the design and delivery of certificate courses and online degree programs.
Working professionals depend on ME-OPE for flexible learning, including short-term certificate courses—both in person and online— and online degree programs. With the variety of programs and delivery options, learners engage with renowned U-M faculty in a way that best fits their needs, priorities, and preferences.Â
Companies around the world turn to ME-OPE for customized training that align with their goals. ME-OPE connects companies with expert instructors from the University of Michigan.Â
U-M faculty partner with ME-OPE in order to design and deliver online courses based on best practices and grounded in research. A focus on the Quality Matters rubric creates a high-quality and engaging learning experience for students.
Our Core Domains
Multi-Modal Delivery of Courses, Certificates & Degrees
- Management and administration of sustainable programs
- Delivery, learner support, and platform hosting of certificate and online courses and degrees
- Custom and public non-credit and stackable certificates
- Conferral of non-credit digital badges and certificates and management of student recordsÂ
- Marketing of CoE’s online and professional education portfolio
- Benchmarking and evaluation of competitive landscape
- Custom client relationship management (e.g. Request for Proposals, programs and degree support)
- Third-party partnerships for marketing and program delivery
- Evaluation and feedback process for non-credit certificates
- Exam administration of multi-modal classes
Course Design, Development, Pedagogy & Faculty Support
- New course/program design, development, and launch
- Learner needs assessment, benchmarking, market research, and feasibility studies
- Instructional design for multi-modal delivery
- Quality standards and assessment tools for online teaching and learning
- Online exam design guidelines and delivery methods
- Evaluations to improve course design, content, and learner engagement
- Faculty and instructor development (e.g. consultations and orientations)
- Faculty resources (e.g. website, tutorials, templates)
- Contributions to the body of knowledge and research on pedagogical strategies for multi-modal delivery (e.g. papers, symposia, conferences on engineering education and online learning)
- Quality Matters certified
Student Affairs, Faculty Engagement, and College Relations
- Provide oversight for new programs moving from concept to launch while aligning with workforce needs, student success, and Michigan Engineering priorities
- Â Student success services and outcomes for online, continuing education, and geographically dispersed learners
- Program management of new online credit degrees and programs.
- Develop and support faculty engagement opportunities in the areas of online, continuing and professional education
- Curate business intelligence and market research on the changing landscape of higher education
The Learner Journey: Marketing Research, Strategy, Content Creation, and Deployment
- Content calendar creation and posting to social media channels (ME-OPE and program unit/dept)
- Creative asset planning and deployment strategies
- Concepting, and design creation of print and digital visual graphics media
- Program page management within the ME-OPE website ecosystem
- Building and administration of the learner recruitment pipeline – lead generation and learner information requests
- Reporting and analysis of learner journey via digital analytics, post-course feedback surveys, and email communications
Let's Work Together
We want to build relationships with people and organizations and welcome the opportunity to connect with you.