In this Slideshare by team Eazl, we argue that online courses should be the preferred modality for learning practical business skills. The deck begins by briefly contextualizing the challenges facing on-campus business learning (e.g. student loan debt and affordability of MBA degrees), then effectiveness of learning practical skills online (including a look at the quality of online courses), and finally, some of the unique advantages of video-based business learning.

3. On-campus Learning is
Expensive
★ An MBA costs over $110,000 on
average 1
★ The average student graduates
with $20,000 of debt 2
but…

4. …degrees don’t give people
rewarding careers
★ 40% of people with bachelor’s
degrees are unable to work in a
field they like 3

5. Sometimes, the classroom
isn’t the best way
★ 77% of professors surveyed in
2009 said that online learning
has as good or better learning
outcomes for students 4

6. This is especially true for
practical skills
★ Practical: concerned with the
doing and use of something
rather than the theory
(New Oxford American Dictionary)

8. The web has over 50,000
practical courses
★ One marketplace alone has over
30,000 courses available
(udemy)
and…

9. Many of the courses are
insanely good
★ An SEO course by the head of
search at Airbnb (clickminded)
★ Guy Kawasaki’s startup course
★ And (ahem) for business

11. Taking online courses is
super affordable
★ You can access most courses
for $200 or less
and…

12. …get course materials
on demand
★ Platforms can deliver content
via the web, ios, and android
★ Refresh a skill you need “just
in time” on your smartphone.

13. on-demand+self-paced =
better outcomes
★ Easily review parts of the
process that are confusing you
★ Follow the instructor to build
familiarity with the subject

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16. References:
(1) See http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-
coming-higher-ed-revolution
(2) See
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionaleducation/09/mb
a-real-costs.asp
(3) See http://mckinseyonsociety.com/voice-of-the-graduate/
(4) See
http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/changingcourse.pdf