Moving Forward with eLearning - Paul Woolner and Jim Cooper (Part 1)
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Digital Education Podcast
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Dr. Paul Woolner applies organizational science and learning theory to build scalable, high performance, business enterprises. Working collaboratively, he has helped create sector leading, profitable and sustainable businesses as an advisor, partner and founding entrepreneur. His goal is to build organizations that optimize the collective intelligence of its members to achieve business success, personal engagement and exceptional ongoing development. In the first installment of a 2-part podcast, Paul talks with Dr. Jim Cooper, CEO of DigitalEd, about the potential of educational technology.
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