{"id":47401,"date":"2025-02-13T09:29:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T14:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=47401"},"modified":"2025-02-13T09:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T14:58:14","slug":"ecornell-keynotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/ecornell-keynotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Gain Knowledge from Big Red Experts\u2014Without Leaving Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The University’s online learning platform, eCornell, offers a dizzying variety of content; here’s a sampling, from AI to wines to real estate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Melissa Newcomb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interested in learning about investment strategies from Cornell experts? How about creative writing? Or coding, beekeeping, craft brewing\u2014or any one of a host of other topics? And what if you could study it without traveling to the Hill?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s all available through eCornell<\/a>, the University\u2019s online education platform, which has a variety of free and paid content, including more than 240 certificate programs, customized offerings in executive education, and one-off lectures and panel discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt extends Cornell\u2019s reach,\u201d says Paul Krause \u201991, vice provost for external education and eCornell\u2019s executive director. \u201cWe are reaching over 150,000 unique students a year around the world\u2014primarily adults. When you have a job or a family, you aren\u2019t always able to come to Ithaca for traditional learning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Behind the scenes of a live session on sustainable lifestyles, with producer Chris Wofford (left) and econ professor Mich\u00e8le Belot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Founded in the early 2000s, eCornell was the Ivy League\u2019s first online education startup. Its programs are led by Big Red faculty from around the University (with many based in the S.C. Johnson College of Business).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its paid certificate programs, which are run in small cohorts with an instructor, take from three to nine months to complete, depending on the student\u2019s preferred pacing. The most popular subjects: leadership, project management, and generative AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The one-off sessions, dubbed Keynotes and running roughly 30\u201360 minutes, are offered free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It extends Cornell\u2019s reach. When you have a job or a family, you aren\u2019t always able to come to Ithaca for traditional learning.<\/p>\nPaul Krause \u201991<\/strong>, eCornell executive director<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Also available in podcast<\/a> format, they comprise an archive of dozens of streaming videos\u2014ranging from recordings of live events to panel discussions to studio sessions\u2014that delve into subjects of interest to a broad audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur faculty has expertise in such a wide range of topics,\u201d says Krause. \u201cKeynotes allow them to stay engaged with alumni, the industry, and anybody who is interested, without the commitment of signing up for a full course.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a sampling of some of the many Keynotes available for viewing. The content can be watched directly from the embedded videos below, or click “Learn more” to navigate to the Keynote’s page on the eCornell site.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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