JetBlue and Webanywhere Win Gold Brandon Hall Award for Unique Learning Technology

Webanywhere, a global learning solutions provider, and JetBlue, one of America’s leading carriers, have been awarded a coveted Brandon Hall Group Gold Award in Best Advance in Unique Learning Technology. The win was announced on Friday, December 15th, 2017. 

In a world where technology has the power to make education affordable and accessible, MyDegree has opened the door of opportunity for JetBlue crewmembers in the US and abroad,” said Cody Cleverly, Manager of Academic Programs at JetBlue. “This gold award underscores the employer’s duty to lead advances in learning technology and educational access.” 

MyDegree, the technology solution created by Webanywhere in partnership with JetBlue, enables JetBlue employees to earn a college degree easier than ever before. The platform facilitates the entire experience from enrollment to getting a degree, aggregates a myriad of content from several different course providers, facilitates relationships with corporate mentors and advisors that help learners succeed, and most importantly, gives learners the freedom to learn at their own rate with complete flexibility in how they progress. 

MyDegree has created a 33% administrative and coaching efficiency, which has enabled JetBlue to increase enrollment by one third without having to increase the size of the support staff. MyDegree was also able to help JetBlue reduce their average per-employee cost by 60%. 

If you’d like to learn more, you can read Webanywhere’s case study on MyDegree here. You can learn more about the JetBlue Scholars program here. 

About Webanywhere

Webanywhere provides learning solutions to over 4,000 educational and corporate institutions all over the world. As a certified Moodle and Platinum Totara partner, Webanywhere is authorized to provide a full range of complex development services for unique-use cases. Webanywhere also offers training solutions design, mobile apps, media services, hosting, learning consultancy and rapid content authoring tools.

About JetBlue Scholars

JetBlue Scholars is a program at JetBlue that makes earning a degree simpler and more affordable than ever for their employees by partnering with online course providers and institutions of higher learning. As of January 2018, JetBlue Scholars offers 200+ courses, has conferred 102 degrees and has saved over $2.3 million in tuition costs. JetBlue Scholars underscores the employer’s role in reforming how we look at higher education, and encourages other employers to replicate their model.

 

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Chief Executive Officer of Brandon Hall Group Mike Cooke Prior to joining Brandon Hall Group, Mike Cooke was the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of AC Growth. Mike held leadership and executive positions for the majority of his career, at which he was responsible for steering sales and marketing teams to drive results and profitability. His background includes more than 15 years of experience in sales, marketing, management, and operations in the research, consulting, software and technology industries. Mike has extensive experience in sales, marketing and management having worked for several early high-growth emerging businesses and has implemented technology systems to support various critical sales, finance, marketing and client service functions. He is especially skilled in organizing the sales and service strategy to fully support a company’s growth strategy. The concept of growth was an absolute to Mike and a motivator in starting AC Growth, in order to help organizations achieve research driven results. Most recently, Mike was the VP and General Manager of Field Operations at Bersin & Associates, a global analyst and consulting services firm focused on all areas of enterprise learning, talent management and talent acquisition. Tasked with leading the company’s global expansion, Mike led all sales operations worldwide. During Mike’s tenure, the company has grown into a multi-national firm, conducting business in over 45 countries with over 4,500 multi-national organizations. Mike started his career at MicroVideo Learning Systems in 1992, eventually holding a senior management position and leading all corporate sales before founding Dynamic Minds. Mike was CEO and Co-Founder of Dynamic Minds, a custom developer of software programs, working with clients like Goldman Sachs, Prentice Hall, McGraw Hill and Merrill Lynch. Also, Mike worked for Oddcast, a leading provider of customer experience and marketing solutions, where he held a senior management position leading the company into new markets across various industries. Mike also serves on the Advisory Board for Carbon Solutions America, an independent sustainability consulting and carbon management firm that specializes in the design and implementation of greenhouse reduction and sustainability plans as well as managing the generation of carbon and renewal energy and energy efficiency credits. Mike attended University of Phoenix, studying Business Administration and Finance. He has also completed executive training at the Chicago Graduate School of Business in Chicago, IL.

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