RPP #202: Michelle Weise of National University

Rod's Pulse Podcast

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• Interview with Michelle Weise, Vice Chancellor, Strategy and Innovation, National University. NU offers over 75 programs and four-week classes designed to help students reach their goals while balancing busy lives. A pioneer in online education, NU has offered online classes for over 20 years, as well as classes on-site at locations across California and on select military bases nationwide. We discuss:
• Michelle's background

  Dr. Michelle Weise

  
  
• History of National University
• Innovator's dilemma
• Unique 4-week terms
• Partnership with Amazon
• Military and working adult population
• Right-sized learning experiences
• One-to-one, hybrid, and fully online modalities
• Problem-based learning
• Badges, micro-credentials, and certificates
• Next-generation degree
• Skills Compass
• AI-powered career navigation tools
• Jobs of tomorrow

• Links
• Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet, by Michelle R. Weise
• RPP #135: Disruptive Innovation in Education: Interview with Michelle Weise

• Podsafe music selection
• Vivaldi: Concerto No. 1 in D Major (Spring, 1st Movement) from The Four Seasons by the American Baroque Orchestra

Duration: 41:54