With 4,000 students on campus and 180,000 online, President of Southern New Hampshire University, Paul LeBlanc aims to transform lives at scale by putting students at the centre of the education experience.In this episode, we talk a lot about the power of love, the difference between belonging and mattering, and why competency based education is finally taking off.<br /><br />Show notes:<br /><ul><li>More about Southern New Hampshire University, <a href="https://www.snhu.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.snhu.edu/</a></li><li>More about Gregory Elliot’s work at Brown University:, <a href="https://www.brown.edu/academics/sociology/people/gregory-elliott" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.brown.edu/academics/sociology/people/gregory-elliott</a></li><li>More about David Graeber’s work: <a href="https://davidgraeber.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://davidgraeber.org/</a></li><li>Favourite book about learning: ‘Death at an Early Age’, Jonathan Kozol</li><li>Favourite book: ‘Anna Karenina’, Leo Tolstoy</li></ul>

Hosted by Jenny Anderson, the Learnit podcast showcases global learning leaders re-imagining what students need to know, how they will learn it and the technology they are using to get there. We look at school leaders, tech entrepreneurs, and learning engineers who are closing equity gaps, accelerating academic learning and instilling in every learner the drive and skills to learn and thrive.Jenny is a former financial journalist who loves to tell a story, interrogate the numbers and uncover the impact learning innovations have on children and adults. This is a podcast for edtech geeks, teachers and educators as well as parents who want to know the secrets to unlocking rich, deep learning.