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What is Online Learning? Chip Paucek, CEO, 2U Inc.

What is Online Learning? Chip Paucek, CEO, 2U Inc. - The Portman Lecture in the Spirit of Entrepreneurship

4/12/2013
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Rockefeller 3
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Lectures & Seminars
Chip Paucek, CEO of 2U, will speak about what online higher education is today and what it can become in the future. After reviewing the history of distance education and the current online landscape, he will focus on the future of higher education and traditional universities based on his experiences with 2U's first dozen ventures. Paucek will talk about how online education will complement - not replace - traditional ways of learning.

Chip Paucek is 2U's co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. After graduating from The George Washington University with a bachelor.s degree in political communication, Paucek founded Cerebellum Corporation, the company behind the award-winning educational Standard Deviants television program. Standard Deviants was distributed on over 100 PBS stations and was selected by TV Guide/Today Show as the top show for kids. After leading Cerebellum Corporation for a decade, Paucek co-managed the re-election campaign of U.S. Senator from Maryland, Barbara Mikulski. Senator Mikulski won the election in a landslide and set a state record for campaign contributions. Paucek then returned to education as the CEO of Hooked on Phonics and expanded access to the program by bringing it from infomercial sales to distribution across major U.S. retailers. His innovative work at 2U earned him the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year 2012 Award, and in 2012 he was invited to be on the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Education & Skills. Chip is currently obtaining his MBA from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.s Kenan-Flagler Business School.
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