Higher Logic has acquired Mission Fuel AI, adding specialist course designers to help associations build education programs from material they already produce. The purchase price was not disclosed in the sources.
Higher Logic, which provides online community and marketing software, is adding course authoring, instructional design and curriculum development services for customers of Higher Logic Thrive Learn. Mission Fuel will also work with associations outside Higher Logic's customer base, either as their learning design partner or as additional capacity for an internal team.
Mission Fuel works with associations and their subject matter experts to develop professional learning. Its services extend beyond self-paced online courses to workshops, instructor-led training, short learning activities, simulations and assessment programs, and include onboarding, career pathways and training materials that an organization's own staff can deliver. Development begins with identifying the audience and the tasks learners need to perform, then setting learning objectives, structuring the curriculum and planning 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.
Mission Fuel says it has delivered 2,000 hours of finished content ready for use in learning management systems. Its production services include narration, graphics, branching scenarios and assessments, and 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, and customers receive the source files.
Rob Wenger, Chief Executive Officer of Higher Logic, said: "Great technology goes further when it's paired with expertise that builds on an association's strengths." Dan Streeter, Founder of Mission Fuel, said: "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."