The Third Wave of Online Education: AI-Powered Adaptive Learning

DataCamp co-founder Jo Cornelissen reveals why we're entering the third wave of online education. It's going to disrupt everything from corporate training to traditional universities. In this episode, Doug and Jo explore how AI-powered adaptive learning is democratizing personalized education, why the $250,000 college degree model is on borrowed time, and what the bottom-up demand for AI upskilling really tells us about the future workforce. From the death of entry-level positions to the consolidation of edtech platforms, this conversation cuts through the hype to reveal how AI fluency will separate winners from losers in the next decade. If you're wrestling with enterprise learning strategies, workforce transformation, or simply wondering whether your job will exist in five years, this is essential viewing.

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Jonathan Cornelissen is the CEO and co-founder of DataCamp, where he has led the company’s growth to upskill over 18 million learners and support 6,000+ enterprise clients. He is passionate about data, AI, education, and entrepreneurship, driving innovative learning solutions at their intersection. Jonathan holds a PhD in financial econometrics, specializing in statistical modeling, risk assessment, and financial market behavior.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-cornelissen/
https://www.datacamp.com/

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Hosted by Doug Atkinson

0:00 DataCamp's mission in AI and education
2:13 The 3 waves of online education evolution
10:44 AI-native personalized learning
18:03 Fear mongering vs. optimism in the age of AI
25:28 Coming disruption of higher education
38:18 Crisis of disappearing entry-level positions
45:27 Advice for the future workforce
52:35 The founding of DataCamp