Upskilling and Reskilling in Online Learning Communities with Warren Kennard
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Production team:
Host : Maria Xenidou
Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian
Introduction Voice: David Bourne
Contact us:
impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com
Music credits:
Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals
Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks
Where to find more about Warren Kennard:
Download the CONNECTed brochure
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Childhood: Warren’s love for sports and math and his decision to study business and marketing (2:49)
What he learnt during the growth of GetSmarter and the influence that experience had on his career (4:31)
How Warren joined higher education twenty years ago (7:42)
His current roles at Cahoot Academy and CONNECTed (9:09)
Cahoot Academy: what problem they are solving and how (10:34)
The unique design of students' learning experience at Cahoot Academy (14:48)
How technology and instructors keep track of students' progress to ensure their success (18:30)
The focus on peer-to-peer and student-to-instructor interactions during their courses (21:23)
The benefits of the Cahoot online courses versus face-to-face programs (23:18)
The three learning areas at Cahoot Academy: human skills, contemporary ways of working and digital capabilities (26:05)
How individual lifelong learners can join these courses to build skills (31:23)
CONNECTed: a new 8-week course for higher ed professionals who want to harness the disruption brought by EdTech (32:56)
Warren's foresight in the future of education (40:13)
What Warren wants to leave his mark on during his lifetime (42:59)
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