Khurram Virani
Head Instructor @ Lighthouse Labs. Vancouver, BC
Bootcamps & Immersive Education A new teaching model
Khurram Virani
@viranik
Lighthouse Labs
www.lighthouselabs.ca
@lighthouse_labs
Coding Bootcamps
Short: 8 to 12 weeks
Immersive: 10 to 12 hours a day
One Objective: Learn to code
Become a professional software developer
Mostly: Career Changers
Lighthouse Labs
$7,000
8 weeks
20 students max
Web or iOS Development
Downtown Vancouver
100% Job Placement
Hiring Partners
Launch Academy
So Why a Bootcamp?
Bootcamp => immersive
okay, plz #define immersive now
#kthxbye
Immersive to us isn't just about coding 24/7 for 8 weeks. It's about being immersed in the tech lifestyle, culture, and space. It's being being around like-minded people (and not just other students, but also tech companies and startups)
stage
A typical day
All teachers & instructors
teach part time
MANY OF THEM ARE HIRING PARTNERS
Shift-Based schedule
student demographic
Age ranging from 19 years to 60+
Background not always technical
(music, construction, law, business, etc.)
(music, construction, law, business, etc.)
Mostly Career Changers - They already know they like code
They already know they want to be software developers
They want a change
Learning styles: It's not for everyone; No education model will fit every learning style. We don't aim to do that.
LMS #FAIL
Was previously called CourseKit.
Students & alumni
created our own
open-source LMS !
Compass 2.0
Students provide feedback on assignments
Students submit & share their code solutions
Prep course
....
Oh boy...
Our students have their work cut out for them!
classroom elements
Pods
Breakout Sessions
Guest Speakers
Yoga / Spinning Classes
Weekly Code Reviews
Weekly Technical Interviews
Bi-weekly Assessment Tests
Rolling Cohorts
Student Mentorships
Community Projects
encourage COLLABORATION
WhatsApp Group - Social Chat
TeaOrbit - Classroom Chat
Private Google+ Community - Resources
Pair Programming
Peer Code Review
Peer Mentoring
What's NExt
Tackling the graduation to employment Gap
Improving our Prep Course
Balanced Lifestyle (Extracurriculars)
FINAL Thoughts & Questions
Why just coding bootcamps? Can we apply this to other fields?
Why can't people do this earlier on? High-school and/or College?
What's stopping us?
Dear #Canflip14 attendees,
Thank you!
Khurram Virani
Head Instructor & Co-Founder
Lighthouse Labs
@viranik
@lighthouse_labs
Bootcamps & Immersive Education - A New Teaching Model
By Khurram Virani
Bootcamps & Immersive Education - A New Teaching Model
Presented at Canflip14 on June 20, 2014
