Upskilling and Reskilling in Online Learning Communities with Warren Kennard

IMPACT LEARNING

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

Contact us:

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Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find more about Warren Kennard:

On LinkedIn

Cahoot Academy

CONNECTed

Download the CONNECTed brochure

Mentioned in this episode:

GetSmarter

LinkedIn Learning

Skillsoft

Moodle

Blackboard

Internet of Things

Industry 4.0

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)