Beyond Coding Episode #114

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

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https://youtu.be/5lo6atmVjWQ

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Guest

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

 

Outline

00:00:00 – Intro
00:00:37 – Codam has no teachers
00:01:29 – How Victoria got involved with Codam
00:02:11 – David and the 42 Network
00:03:42 – Codam’s educational model
00:05:57 – What if students get stuck?
00:06:59 – Feedback from graduates
00:08:47 – Learning to learn
00:10:29 – What is the role of education?
00:12:19 – Knowledge, soft skills and mental health
00:14:51 – Fail as many times as you need
00:16:23 – Educational choices have consequences
00:17:33 – The Dutch educational system filters people
00:18:49 – The impact of teachers
00:19:50 – Patrick’s cousin studies dentistry in Armenia
00:21:03 – Onboarding in Codam College
00:24:27 – How the educational model works
00:28:19 – The final project: The Internship
00:31:58 – Student performance after Codam
00:34:17 – The challenges of not being accredited
00:38:05 – Free education
00:39:44 – How long is the educational journey?
00:41:01 – Alumni
00:42:56 – Working with organisations
00:45:34 – Applying the model to other topics
00:48:19 – Lowering the age requirement
00:50:05 – Tumo and dream based education
00:52:23 – AI disruption and the future of education
00:55:58 – ChatGPT and Codam
00:57:33 – Rounding off