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Thought Leaders in Online Education: Mike Pellerin, Director, Enterasys University (Extreme Networks) (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: Okay, let’s drill down on the topic and see some details. First and foremost, which universities are working with you on this model? Mike Pellerin: Sure. We have begun discussions with the Seton Hill University. They’re based out of Pennsylvania. We have a fantastic relationship with Phil Komarny, the CIO as well. Sramana
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Mike Pellerin, Director, Enterasys University (Extreme Networks) (Part 1)
If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Enterasys is experimenting with a concept of corporate massive open online courses (MOOCs). Interesting concept. Read on! Sramana Mitra: Let us start by setting some context. Tell our audience about yourself and Enterasys. Then, we’ll take it from there. Mike Pellerin: Enterasys has recently been acquired
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Jim Donohue, Chief Product Officer, Cengage Learning (Part 8)
Sramana Mitra: How do you see films come into this picture? For example, one of the hit films of last year was Lincoln, right? It was a really well done American History film. How do you see something like that impacting the teaching of History, for instance? Jim Donohue: It’s not just films. That sort of
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Jim Donohue, Chief Product Officer, Cengage Learning (Part 7)
Sramana Mitra: I was going to conclude the interview with a question about the approach of the professors. You started off by saying that it’s a non-digital native class that is teaching the courses and they are somewhat resistant to change. They are not as familiar with technology as their students are and so on
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Jim Donohue, Chief Product Officer, Cengage Learning (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: Let’s shift the discussion to Business education. In particular, the area that is of most interest to our audience is Entrepreneurship education. There’s been a huge surge of interest in Entrepreneurship Education around the world. What are you seeing? What are you doing? Jim Donohue: Good news, bad news. Entrepreneurship education at the
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Jim Donohue, Chief Product Officer, Cengage Learning (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: My observation, one of the trends in the industry today is education and this is not just higher education, it’s all levels of education, is shifting from a sage-on-stage model to a guide-on-the-side model, right? It sounds like your digital strategy is pretty much aligned with that shift, yes? Jim Donohue: It is.
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Jim Donohue, Chief Product Officer, Cengage Learning (Part 4)
Jim Donohue: Professors traditionally have known what students are doing. They are able to say to a student, “Oh, you flunked this test. You’ve got to study more.” But we haven’t done a very good job, as an industry, to really tell students where they stand. So, we’re building a whole suite of analytical tools.
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Jim Donohue, Chief Product Officer, Cengage Learning (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: I’d like to double-click down further on each of these categories. Since you’re on the roll with the student-led learning piece, explain to me how you go to market with that. Looks like your instructor-focused business is through reps but the student-focused business is a consumer business? Is that correct? Jim Donohue: It’s
