Today, Maria talks with Warren Kennard, managing director at Cahoot Academy, a full-service, digital education business designed and built to deliver relationship-based learning to globally distributed professionals and lifelong learners. Together they discuss how to design and scale online courses on the periphery of the traditional higher education space that enhance the experience of lifelong learners and help them achieve higher outcomes. They also unpack the three essential areas required to thrive in the Fourth Industrial Age: human skills, digital capabilities, and contemporary ways of working. During this discussion, you will also learn how Warren is building a diverse EdTech professional community leaning into the future of Higher Education. If you are looking to harness the disruption brought by EdTech and learn more about the world’s largest network of EdTech and Higher Education Professionals, then head to www.getconnected.co. You can learn more about Warren and his work at www.cahootacademy.com. Tune in to hear from a Higher Ed and EdTech specialist who has been instrumental in growing higher education businesses and guiding strategy.
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:
Download the CONNECTed brochure
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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)