{"id":62972,"date":"2024-11-27T17:36:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T17:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explore.local\/2024\/11\/27\/your-business-benefits-from-an-open-learning-tech-ecosystem\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T20:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T20:59:20","slug":"your-business-benefits-from-an-open-learning-tech-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/degreed.com\/experience\/blog\/your-business-benefits-from-an-open-learning-tech-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Business Benefits from an Open Learning Tech Ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How\u2019s your closed tech stack working out for you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My guess is not so good.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A closed approach to building your learning stack\u2014using, essentially, a single vendor solution from end-to-end\u2014might be enticing for HR. It often sounds simple. And it can help short-term operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it isn\u2019t good for your people. A closed learning tech stack mortgages your company\u2019s future<\/strong> by denying employees the learning they need to stay ahead of your competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you\u2019re integrating with skills vendors or traditional HCM vendors, LMS vendors, talent marketplaces, or content vendors, we believe you benefit when Degreed takes an open approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Embracing Competition<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An open approach has led Degreed to partner with companies we compete with directly, companies of all sizes, and we always advocate for an interoperable future. It has made friends out of competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a healthy, cost-efficient, competitive ecosystem, everyone can use the best tools and watch the best courses.

Do you remember when there was only one real option for eLearning content? It was the worst era of modern learning. But today there\u2019s Udemy<\/a> and Coursera<\/a> and Pluralsight<\/a> and TED<\/a> and MasterClass<\/a> and BookClub<\/a> and EdX<\/a> and OpenSesame<\/a> and getAbstract<\/a>. It all adds up to a competitive learning landscape\u2014and that means it\u2019s a healthy learning landscape.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we haven\u2019t forgotten the ultimate promise of Degreed is to enable learning over a lifetime, not learning that happens with a single employer or provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fostering Innovation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Degreed commitment to orchestrating an open ecosystem advances the L&D industry. It\u2019s part of the reason we set up Degreed the way we did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I founded Degreed to recognize all your learning and skills. And now, we\u2019re living through the shift toward the skills-based world I\u2019ve been dreaming about for the last two decades. Indeed, skills-based organizations are 79% more likely to provide a positive workforce experience and 63% more likely to achieve results<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Degreed skills journey is following a path we\u2019ve seen before\u2014as learning has gone from being a closed, often exclusive, and expensive experience to an open one. A democratized<\/em> one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Consider the consumption of music. You used to have to go to a store and buy an entire album. Now, with Spotify and Apple Music, you can listen to any piece of music you want, when you want. You can create playlists of different songs, across artists and genres. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consider the TV experience. We\u2019ve gone from three channels to an explosion of options\u2014hundreds of cable channels, dozens of streaming services, seemingly millions of shows and movies. Not to mention an explosion of content on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All at your fingertips. All available to everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All enabled by technology. All enabled by openness and interoperability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orchestrating Workforce Change<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Today, you can use Degreed to curate playlists of learning content from across providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can orchestrate personalized pathways\u2014and use automations to deliver learning<\/a> when and where you need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can give your people an AI coach<\/a> that provides the feedback and support they need.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now, we also see an explosion of new providers tackling different challenges surrounding developing, assessing, and verifying skills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Degreed, our take has always been this: It shouldn\u2019t matter where or how you developed a skill. Our job is to enable openness and interoperability across the learning ecosystem as it grows. That enables everyone to travel the best path and use the best tools that work for them. It\u2019s how we deliver value to you and your employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s talk about your learning tech ecosystem. Contact us today to request a Degreed demo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can also watch Degreed Vision 2024 on demand<\/a>\u2014for a deeper dive into our latest product innovations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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