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

This is a rebroadcast of a live Twitter Spaces conversation that Will Mannon and I hosted last week on the Future of Education club. We sat down with Ryan Craig and Michael B. Horn about bootcamps, ISAs, and the future of job reskilling. Keep up with what Will and I are working on with Virtually and Forte Labs. 

Ali Abdaal is a renowned YouTuber (1.5M+ subscribers), junior doctoring working in the UK, and an online educator. In this rebroadcast of a "Future of Education" clubhouse session, Will Mannon and I sit down with Ali Abdaal and Angus Parker, his course manager, to discuss lessons from launching their most recent cohort-based course, Part-time YouTuber Academy which brought is $294,000 revenue within the first cohort. Learn more about Virtually and Ali Abdaal.

Jason Wang (Founder & CEO of FreeWorld) and I discuss his journey from leaving prison to founding a bootcamp unlike any other. Free World is an online school that trains individuals who have served time to land stable, well-paying jobs within the trucking industry. Learn more about FreeWorld and what we're building at Virtually.

This conversation is a rebroadcast of a Clubhouse session that Will Mannon and I hosted on April 12, 2021. This discussion with Sahil Lavingia (CEO of Gumroad) and Tiago Forte (Founder of Forte Labs) is about starting your second brain. To keep up with upcoming sessions, sign up for our weekly newsletter at futureofeducation.club

Nathan Esquenazi, the Co-founder and CTO of CodePath, and I discuss how his team unlocked the power of cohort-based learning and leveraged that insight to build the CodePath platform. Learn more about CodePath.org and what we're building at Virtually. 

Garrett Smiley and I discuss how Sora Schools, an innovative online high school, is completely rethinking the high school experience and helping students learn the fundamentals while also exploring career paths. Learn more about Sora Schools and Virtually. 

Brian Tobal and I discuss the journey to founding SchoolHouse, learning pods, and how SchoolHouse is building a new category of education when it comes to K-12. Learn more about SchoolHouse and Virtually. 

Ryan Craig is a partner at Achieved Partners (formerly University Ventures) and the author of College Disrupted and A New U. In this conversation, we discuss all the ways in which colleges are failing students today and what the rise of alternative education and COVID could mean for the next generation of students and job-seekers. Sign up for Ryan's newsletter and learn more about what we're building at Virtually.

Andrew Barry and I chat about the transformation that is happening in the online course industry including a shift to live, cohort-based courses and an increased emphasis on community. Andrew is the founder of Curious Lion where he coaches course creators on how to drive true transformation for their students. He also recently became the program director for On Deck Course Creator where he'll be working with top course creators to develop their live cohort-based courses. Learn more about Virtually and Andrew Barry. 

Michael B. Horn and I chat about the unbundling of higher education, the existential threat that grad schools face, and whether college curriculums can stay relevant to industry needs. Music: ROASN by Gil WandersLearn more about Michael B. Horn and Virtually.