Upskilling and Reskilling in Relationship-Based Learning Communities with Warren Kennard
IMPACT LEARNING
English - July 23, 2020 04:05 - 45 minutes - 40.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education Society & Culture Philosophy learning education technology culture society online learning travel future of learning career change impact learning Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Production team:
Host : Maria Xenidou
Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian
Introduction Voice: David Bourne
Contact us:
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
Mentioned in this episode:
Listen to this episode and explore:
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)