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| English: John Baker, CEO of Desire2Learn (Photo credit: Wikipedia |
JohnBaker, Desire2Learn
Founder, President, and CEO, John Baker Recording
Tuesday, October 30, 11:00 AM EDT (Current offset: UTC/GMT -4 hours)
Presentation Title: The Desire2Learn Story: Problem Finding, Passion, Perseverance (Note: this was rescheduled from week 3)
* 80% of Students doing online courses are on campus.
* John is a keen on Problem Finding and finding solutions.
Innovation 40% team is R&D.
* All work areas have whiteboard walls
* As CEO John was told responsible for creating a inspiring work place.
* Video lawsuit against Blackboard being entirely transparent brought together as a company.
* Don't want to loose the other parts of education such as sport.
* Enduring tech partner with education.
* Accepted 80million of venture capital to help innovate.
* local presence local teams on the ground.
* Where to go with Assessment
* Higher ed partner with industry
* E portfolio making these real and peer assessments to drop box
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