Discover UMS Micro-Credentials with Course Merchant 

UMS is piloting an e-commerce solution. The pilot team includes faculty, staff, and administrators from the UMS Micro-Credential Initiative/Academic Affairs, UMaine Cooperative Extension, the Maine Business School, and Maine School of Law, and UMS Information Technology. 

Together they built discover.maine.edu, an e-commerce storefront (External Link)  offering non-credit certificates, micro-credentials, and digital badges to UMS students, faculty, staff, and other learners.

Once registered, learners can quickly access course content through seamless integration with D2L/Brightspace. Learners can register and pay for courses and micro-credentials without a University of Maine email address! 

These learning opportunities allow learners to enhance their employability by developing in-demand skills. 

Some courses and micro-credentials come at no cost to the learner! Please check eligibility requirements and costs for each offering. 

Current categories include:

  • 21st Century Skills and Training
  • Growing Maine
  • Business and Law

The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center recently joined the pilot. Their faculty and staff, led by Dr. Rebecca Fisher, developed a series of micro-credentials and badges for UMaine students working in the ASCC labs. Dr. Fisher, Program Manager – Student Research Learning Experience, is one of the first staff members to have the development of micro-credentials built into her job description!

Want to learn more?

Check out the featured micro-badge – Dawnland: Maine Indian History (External Link) and read more about it by visiting discover.maine.edu. 

We will  also be offering eight 21st Century Skill badges designed by the Education Design Lab. UMS students, faculty, and staff can take these online modules and earn digital badges at no cost to them! 

To register, learners would use their @maine.edu email, if they have one, but an @maine.edu address is not required!

For questions about billing, programs, or our Discover webpage, please send an email to discover@maine.edu.