TeachersAct uses professional actors to teach online courses
StartupRealities No 40 TeachersAct is an online education company which uses professional actors for recording and teaching online courses. Professors and pedagogy experts prepare the content and then guide the actors to deliver the content on camera. Students like the passion of the actors and the intensity of the experience, which makes even asynchronous (non-real-time) delivery as impactful as synchronous (live) delivery. CEO QUOTE: "How many movies can you remember in which the director was also the leading actor? Woody Allen, Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Mel Gibson. That's about it. Why do directors need actors to perform on film? Because actors do a better job of acting than most directors. And the other way round: directors do a better job of directing than most actors. So why does the education world continue to insist that research professors should teach, not only in the classroom but nowadays also on camera? Why not give professors the #EducationDirector role...