Excelsior, StraighterLine, and Saylor Partnership

[Lawenia]

My mom just sent me a link to an article about a partnership that Excelsior, StraighterLine, and Saylor are forming.

Saylor Foundation's Free Courses Offer Path to Credit | Inside Higher Ed

I had never heard of Saylor until I read this. But I checked out their website (The Saylor Foundation) and it seems they have a lot of great content. I don't quite understand how getting credit from this works yet but it looks like it would be helpful for studying for CLEP and DSST exams. I'm a afraid I have to go to work soon so I don't have time to look into more detail at the moment. Anyway, I thought you guys would find this interesting and I would like to hear what you guys think about it.

[rebel100]

I think the idea is to work through a Saylor Course....then test out via EC or SL. Not a bad concept, and nice to have it all in one place. It's still a far cry from Saylor formalizing a degree process though.

[Jackinrke]

I read about this the other day also, I didn't see on EC or SL any test for this yet.
It would be great to combine ic to take cleps and then use the saylor site and take exams.
Anyone know when the test may appear?