Changing Education
summary
Argues that traditional degrees often fail to deliver job-ready skills and shows two concrete responses: University of the People — tuition free, 120,000 students, 33,000 volunteer faculty and 12,000 refugees enrolled and an Estonian coding school that runs on a self-learning program with no teachers, no classes, 80% teamwork and peer code audits. First cohort statistics: 3,300 people take the entrance game, 600 join the sprint, 200 enroll; staff = 5.5 people for ~200 students. Claims short practical programs scale faster; employment outcomes due next year.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Intro
- 3:20What type of skills were you looking for when you hired employees
- 4:40Are universities still needed
- 5:29About CodeUfc
- 8:08How to excite people
- 9:34Funding the development of future talent
- 11:26The unknown teachers
- 12:48The future of teaching
- 13:27Coding for good
- 14:06Zero1 Education
- 14:37Is it a proven system
- 15:39Cost
- 16:59Empathy
- 18:10Teamwork
- 18:35Whats next
- 20:05Estonias success
- 21:31Conclusion
