A Discussion with Brandon Tatum, CEO of ConnectEDU

"We are missing the boat on how we do online education. We are taking the worst aspects of traditional pedagogy and we're just transposing it to online."

Brandon Tatum admits that he wasn't a great student in high school. But after a career detour led him to college, he found he could make an impact by helping students like the one he had been. In this conversation, Brandon, now the CEO of ConnectEDU and the Executive Director of the National Christian Schools Association, talks about his time as a classroom teacher and administrator and how that has given him the perspective to help schools be more strategic with degree programs. Brandon talks about opportunities with partnerships with industry to lower costs and create better pathing for students as well as how mixed reality will help students build relevancy for their future careers.