{"id":5158,"date":"2016-10-06T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/?p=5158"},"modified":"2016-10-03T10:56:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T15:56:52","slug":"game-changers-in-digital-include-getting-degree-with-flexpath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/game-changers-in-digital-include-getting-degree-with-flexpath\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Game Changers in the Digital Revolution: From Buying Socks to Getting Your Degree [visual]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when you used to go to your corner video store to rent a movie? Or when you scanned the classifieds in the newspaper for a great used TV? What about heading to class every Wednesday night and Saturday morning to earn your degree?<\/p>\n<p>Similar to how Netflix changed the way you watch movies and Facebook changed how you stay connected with family and friends, Capella University has changed the way you can earn a degree.<\/p>\n<p>Consider these 10 digital innovations that have changed how you do everyday activities in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5159\" src=\"http:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/09\/digital-revolution_sockstodegree_d1.jpg\" alt=\"digital-revolution_sockstodegree_d1\" width=\"660\" height=\"1295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/09\/digital-revolution_sockstodegree_d1.jpg 660w, https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/09\/digital-revolution_sockstodegree_d1-153x300.jpg 153w, https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/09\/digital-revolution_sockstodegree_d1-234x460.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FlexPath is a self-paced learning format unlike any other. Here\u2019s how it\u2019s changing higher education:<\/p>\n<p>Students are measured on demonstration of skills and knowledge, not credit hours.<\/p>\n<p>THIS MEANS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is no set term\/quarter semester, so you work at YOUR PACE.<\/li>\n<li>You set YOUR OWN deadlines.<\/li>\n<li>And once you finish a course, whether it takes you 2 weeks or 12, you are free to move on to the next course right away.<\/li>\n<li>The tuition is a flat-rate per 12-weeks, so the more classes you complete during that time, the more you save on tuition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Learn more about <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capella.edu\/flexpath\/\"><em>FlexPath<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6><em>See graduation rates, median student debt, and other information at <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/capellaresults.org\/outcomes.asp\"><em>Capella Results<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/h6>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Netflix to Uber to FlexPath\u2014a list of digital innovations that have changed the way you shop, research, and learn. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":5167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[53],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5162,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5158\/revisions\/5162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}