Disruptive innovation

Education busts out of the classroom environment

Say good-bye to the old-fashioned way of teaching and learning and get ready to become a professional from day one.

“Education is not a classroom anymore. It’s billions of extended brains all networked together. And we are learning to live with this and what it means. We are total pioneers trying to figure this stuff out.”

Marc Prensky, thinker, writer, consultant and “Digital Natives concept" creator.

How does it all come together? The 3 Dimensions of the Knod Learning System

In our 3 Dimensions of Learning we take rough, novice students and transform them into proficient, confident professionals. Soft skills, team leadership, project management, professional communication, and collaborative problem solving are all part of our learners areas of mastery.

Face-to-face 21st Cent Skills Accelerator program (2 weeks)

Develop leadership skills

Work online in teams & internal projects with Knod coaches

Online courses, remote work, flipped classroom

Practice team-based problem solving

Work online in external projects with Employers & Knod Coaches

Online & on-site with employers

Experience real working environments

Work on real world projects with Employers & Knod Coaches

1: Learning to Learn

During 2 weeks of the term 1, Bachelor Degrees students spend all their time face-to face while taking online courses. It is an important aspect of developing social skills and learning how to interact with one another on a professional level. Students live together, study together, and develop teams skills by working on projects in tandem. Back home, during next weeks Knod Coaches and staff provide comprehensive online courses and projects that are inspired by real-world corporate challenges. These projects simulate the goals and hurtles that students upon entering the workforce will have to overcome.

2: Learning to Do

From home, students take online courses that sometimes require synchronous participation, such as Skype video chat or Google Hangouts. During phase 2, students are in constant communication with their project teams and the course coaches throughout the semester. Students are expected to deliver weekly oral reports and presentations based on the progress of the projects throughout the week. Projects during Phase 2 may or may not come directly from partnering employers.

3: Learning to Be

Students in this phase will now spend time building relationships with potential employers that are members of the Knod Global Learning Network. Assignments will be real corporate projects that will be utilized in a real-world setting and actually matter! At this point the student is achieving by leaps and bounds, making a name for themselves and coming to the attention of the many potential employers partnered with Knod in our network.

Knod crafts the perfect environment for learning skills that matter

We create a free-flowing, organic, hands-on learning experience that allows educators, students and employers to function together with incredible synergy.

At the foundation of our system is the Knod Experience-Based Teaching Model. Utilizing a “Flipped Classrooms” approach our proprietary model integrates Blended, Project-Based, and Experiential Learning (Kolb, 1984). Blended Learning and Flipped Classrooms techniques are rapidly becoming the standard approach to learning.

When implemented and executed correctly, these ground-breaking techniques encourage students to engage at a higher level with the programs and show a much wider range of social interaction with their teams. Teachers and student exhibit greater flexibility and absorb the curriculum at a much greater rate.

We won't bore you with having to attend ineffective classes where teachers lecture and students just listen.

A day in life of a “Knoddie”: We blur the lines between Pro and Student

Knod students engage in a simulated work environment from day one. Learners “go to work” keeping standard corporate hours (from 8 am-5 pm), perform tasks and tackle projects just as they would if they were a practicing profession in their fields. Students collaborate daily with teammates, set goals, overcome problems and deliver solutions in a real work environment.

Knoddies will deliver weekly presentations and pitches either face-to-face or online.
Knod students take exams and quizzes and are constantly under assessment by “Knod Coaches”, the project client representative project and by their peers. Peer evaluation helps students master soft skills necessary to excel and also learn to hold each other accountable in professional, social scenarios.

Get started now