Codam College: Free High Quality Education with Victoria Ous and David Giron

Connect with Victoria Ous: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriaous Connect with David Giron: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dgiron Additional links: https://www.codam.nl/en https://tumo.org Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/5lo6atmVjWQ New episodes every Wednesday with our host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!   Big shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:37 - Codam has no teachers00:01:29 - How Victoria got involved with Codam00:02:11 - David and the 42 Network00:03:42 - Codam's educational model00:05:57 - What if students get stuck?00:06:59 - Feedback from graduates00:08:47 - Learning to learn00:10:29 - What is the role of education?00:12:19 - Knowledge, soft skills and mental health00:14:51 - Fail as many times as you need00:16:23 - Educational choices have consequences00:17:33 - The Dutch educational system filters people00:18:49 - The impact of teachers00:19:50 - Patrick's cousin studies dentistry in Armenia00:21:03 - Onboarding in Codam College00:24:27 - How the educational model works00:28:19 - The final project: The Internship00:31:58 - Student performance after Codam00:34:17 - The challenges of not being accredited00:38:05 - Free education00:39:44 - How long is the educational journey?00:41:01 - Alumni00:42:56 - Working with organisations00:45:34 - Applying the model to other topics00:48:19 - Lowering the age requirement00:50:05 - Tumo and dream based education00:52:23 - AI disruption and the future of education00:55:58 - ChatGPT and Codam00:57:33 - Rounding off