With over 40,000 graduates in over 36 countries, Erickson has been pioneering transformational coach training and business-leadership programs since 1980. Erickson’s new Online Academy for The Art & Science of Coaching is a next-generation educational portal that uses Growth Engineering’s gamified social-learning-management system, which is renowned for achieving high levels of learner engagement.

Growth Engineering, whose Academy LMS was ranked the number one learning-management system in the world by eLearning expert Craig Weiss, will be working closely with the team at Erickson to develop some specific education-focused features that will secure ever-higher levels of engagement and motivation among higher-education clients.

The development roadmap will focus on education-specific challenges such as social learning, collaboration, and feedback tools that will keep Erickson’s clients focused, on target, and ready to achieve more.

Juliette Denny, Managing Director of Growth Engineering, said, "As our first client within the Canadian market, Erickson’s Academy is a thrilling opportunity. We are excited to be focusing on the fast-growing higher-education sector with a prestigious brand such as Erickson and are looking forward to making it a tremendous success."

Erickson will be utilising Growth Engineering’s gamification features on the Academy LMS - also ranked the number one Gamified LMS in the world in 2014 – to apply a quest-like structure to their training to make the learning process more engaging and fun for students. Quests will be assigned for exercises, assignments, and learning challenges to encourage learners to remain excited about the learning and progress further. Rewards like badges and points will motivate students, and Erickson will also be encouraging students to use reflective journaling techniques and blogging to reinforce the learning content.

Marilyn Atkinson, Founder of Erickson said, "We're very excited about or partnership with Growth. The breadth of the tools and offerings of its Academy LMS mean we can really enrich the learning environment for our students. We're especially excited about the opportunity to offer interactive technologies which make the entire learning process more engaging and enjoyable."