Reshaping Education - Online Education, Cohort-based Courses, Bootcamps, and More

Topics Discussed:Starting a daily writing habitShip30for30 foundingManaging communityThinking about alumni communitiesIterating cohort-to-cohortRelevant links:- Ship30for30- Reshaping Education PodcastKeep up with us:Ish Baid, Founder & CEO of VirtuallyWill Mannon, Course Director of Forte Academy

Topics discussed:- Founding the first coding bootcamp- The coding bootcamp revolution- Why MOOCs failed- How Jesse thinks about the student experienceRelevant links:- Jesse's Twitter- Reshaping Education PodcastKeep up with us:Ish Baid, Founder & CEO of VirtuallyWill Mannon, Course Director of Forte Academy

Topics covered:Going from WallstreetFounding RadReadsBuilding a high-growth cohort-based course, "Supercharge Your Productivity"Notion SEORelevant links:- RadReads- Reshaping Education PodcastKeep up with us:Ish Baid, Founder & CEO of VirtuallyWill Mannon, Course Director of Forte Academy

In this episode we chat about:The founding and history of online educationRise of cohort-based courses and Maven/VirtuallyDecentralization and globalization of educationBootcamps and job outcomesRelevant links: - On Deck- Reshaping Education Podcast Keep up with us:Ish Baid, Founder & CEO of VirtuallyWill Mannon, Course Director of Forte Academy

Keep up with us:Ish Baid, Founder & CEO of VirtuallyWill Mannon, Course Director of Forte Academy

Join us for the Reshaping Education summit on June 9th. Register for free here.Keep up with us:Ish Baid, Founder & CEO of VirtuallyWill Mannon, Course Director of Forte Academy

Join us for the Reshaping Education summit on June 9th. Register for free here.Keep up with us:Ish Baid, Founder & CEO of VirtuallyWill Mannon, Course Director of Forte Academy

On June 9th, we'll be hosting the reshaping education post featuring our favorite guests from season 1. We'll be discussing trends in online education and hosting a series of workshops to help you build and scale your own online education business. We'll also have prizes, giveaways, and a big update to share about the podcast moving forward. See you then!Register hereSchedule (June 9, 2021)12:00 - 12:05 PM (EST): Opening Remarks12:05 - 12:30 PM (EST): TBA12:30 PM - 1:00 PM (EST): Julia Saxena (Minimum Viable Video) on "Copywriting for Course creator"1:00 - 1:30 PM (EST): Will Mannon (Course Manager, Building a Second Brain) on "Nailing the Student Experience"1:30 PM - 2:00 PM (EST): Mehak Vohra (Founder & CEO, SkillBank) on "Project-based Learning"2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EST):  TBA3:00 - 3:45 PM (EST): Laura Marks (Head of Community, Virtually) on "Scaling your Education Business"3:45 - 4:00 PM (EST): Closing Remarks… and more! We'll be discussing trends that we're seeing in the online education space as well as tactical tips for anyone looking to build an online education business. 

Marie Schacht joins Will Mannon and me on the Future of Education club to discuss her experience building and scaling AltMBA. We discuss the strategies that AltMBA employs to teach its students critical business and leadership skills in a completely remote environment.Topics discussed: Part 1: What is AltMBAAdvantages over self-pacedHow your course design sets students up for success: CurriculumLive sessionsCommunityExamples of transformational outcomesPart 2: Enabling Project-Based Learning in a Remote SettingLeveraging peer learningLive group learningSpecific lessons learned or surprises from scaling AltMBAPart 3: Future of Business EducationWhat is the future of MBAs? Will more programs go remote?How does an MBA hold up against Y Combinator or similar startup accelerators?Learn more about AltMBA, the Future of Education Club, and what we're building at Virtually. 

Julia Saxena and I chat about her participation in various cohort-based courses and how that helped kickstart her journey to building her own program, Minimum Viable Video.  Topics we discussed: Julia intro & backgroundJourney to Teaching OnlineGoing Through Keystone and Ship30For30Top Learnings from Building a CBCTools for Building CBCsFuture for CBCWho Should Build a CBCKeep up with Julia on Twitter or check out what we're building at Virtually.