Nabeel Gillani, Zafrin Nurmohamed

1. Introduction to CoursolveOctober 21, 2015
The World’s Marketplace for Digital Internships
Contact us:
hello@coursolve.org

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Introduction to Coursolve
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Coursolve provides a marketplace for “digital internships” – short online work-based learning
projects – through which learners and organizations can collaborate

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Coursolve’s Experiential Learning Model
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Choose New Skills to
Learn on Coursolve
Select Real-World
Problems Sponsored by
Organizations
Collaborate with Organizations
and Peers to Gain Practical Skills
Develop Solutions to
Problems Using Newly
Acquired Skills
Get Skills Verified and
Receive Recommendations
Access New Career
Opportunities through Peers
and Sponsoring Organizations

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University Partners
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• Promote their brand to tens of thousands of people worldwide by providing background
information about their firms and providing examples of real-world problems they face
• Build talent pools by engaging with students and professionals looking to build workplace-
relevant skills
• Crowdsource new insights by seeking input from learners worldwide
Organizational Partners and Value Propositions

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• Variable quality - high variance in experiences and outcomes for both learners and
organizations
• Large time investment required– especially for organizations, large hurdle to envision, post,
manage, and evaluate projects
• Legal roadblocks – several risks and open questions around paid versus unpaid internships,
cross-border labor, and non-disclosure of confidential information
Key Challenges

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• Step 1: Organization posts a project inviting learners to submit proposals to solve a specific
problem (i.e., an RFP)
• Step 2: Learners join the project and engage in collaborations to inform proposal creation
• Step 3: An engaged subset of learners actually submit proposals
• Step 4: Organization evaluates proposal submissions and provides feedback to learners,
selecting one (or several) for implementation
• Step 5: Organization formally invites learner(s) submitting winning proposals to join as
Independent Contractors to implement the proposed solution for a fixed fee
A Refined, “RFP” Model for Digital Internships
For more information on posting RFP internships, especially through existing university
partnerships or other recruiting channels, please email hello@coursolve.org
Thank you!