GetSmarter is an online education company that collaborates with leading universities to offer premium, career-focused online education to working professionals around the world.[1] GetSmarter was founded in 2008 by brothers Sam and Rob Paddock and has, to date, educated more than 50,000 working professionals with a portfolio of over 80 online short courses. The company now has more that 400 employees and has offices in London, opened in 2016.[2][3][4]

GetSmarter deploys a full-service model in collaborating with universities, absorbing resource-intensive and highly specialised functions throughout the design, development, delivery, marketing and administration of online courses, whilst working closely with faculty throughout the process to ensure the course meets the expectations academic rigour. The university certifies students’ completion of the programme of study.[5]

GetSmarter currently collaborates with HarvardX, [6] Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of Cambridge,[7] the University of Chicago and Africa’s top three universities: the Universities of Cape Town,[8] [9] the Witwatersrand ,[10] and Stellenbosch. GetSmarter has been working with MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning on the MIT Experimental Learning (MIT XL) project since January 2016 .[11] [12] Recent student numbers include 2800 students on the MIT Fintech course, delivered over three course presentations, and 1800 students on the three course presentations of the MIT Big Data and Social Analytics course. GetSmarter’s first course with the University of Cambridge – with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership – launched in March 2017.[13]

GetSmarter’s approach to online education is based on tutor-led, intensive small group learning backed by proactive, personalised support. Every student is allocated an expert tutor who facilitates their learning in a small tutorial group. Every student is also allocated a performance coach. This high-touch approach has resulted in student completion rates that are regularly above 90%. [14]

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  1. ^ Who is GetSmarter? https://www.getsmarter.com/what-we-do
  2. ^ GetSmarter: Cape company disrupting world’s higher education one MIT, Cambridge at a time. BizNews, August 4th, 2016. http://www.biznews.com/interviews/2016/08/04/getsmarter-cape-company-disrupting-worlds-higher-education-one-mit-cambridge-time/
  3. ^ South Africa exports online courses back to the West. Bill Hicks, BBC News, 20 July 2016. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36796998
  4. ^ Goldsmiths partners with Africa’s top online education provider to launch short course. University of London Goldsmiths College, 17 March 2016. http://www.gold.ac.uk/news/get-smarter/
  5. ^ How GetSmarter Got Smarter. Nadine Todd, Entrepreneur Magazine, November 12 2015. http://www.entrepreneurmag.co.za/advice/success-stories/entrepreneur-profiles/how-getsmarter-got-smarter/
  6. ^ Global Health Delivery online shortcourse. HarvardX. http://gs.harvardx.harvard.edu/harvardx-global-health-delivery-online-short-course-br/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwt6fHBRDtm9O8xPPHq4gBEiQAdxotvAjYtvHcOneELTSwjcHbRSOHeB5dZ7McTeRaZenc1lsaAjB-8P8HAQ
  7. ^ Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. http://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/executive-education/learn-online
  8. ^ GetSmarter, CiTi partner to offer top entrepreneurial students bursaries. Graham van der Made, 9 September 2015. http://ventureburn.com/2015/09/getsmarter-citi-partner-offer-top-entrepreneurial-students-bursaries/
  9. ^ University of Cape Town Online Qualifications. http://www.commercepostgrad.uct.ac.za/
  10. ^ Wits, GetSmarter in teacher training partnership. ITWeb, 22 July 2015. http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144870
  11. ^ MIT Big Data & Social Analytics. Alex “Sandy” Pentland, July 3 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOo_q18Vf70
  12. ^ The Big Deal with Big Data Isn’t (Just) the Data. MIT Technology Review, August 11 2016. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602156/the-big-deal-with-big-data-isnt-just-the-data/
  13. ^ 8 sustainability trends driving business in 2017. Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, February 2017. http://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/publications/sustainability-leadership/8-sustainability-trends-2017
  14. ^ Hey MOOCs, Get Smarter. Ryan Craig, University Ventures, May 22nd 2013. http://universityventures.com/publications.php?title=hey-moocs-get-smarter