This document discusses how online education is empowering students, teachers, and edtech employees in three main ways: 1) It is no longer uncommon for students to take some courses online, with over 20 million students studying online courses from top universities. This greater access to education opportunities empowers students. 2) Online education also empowers teachers by allowing them to reach more students worldwide without limitations of travel or schedules, and some top online teachers in countries like Korea can earn millions of dollars annually. 3) Employees in the online education/edtech sector are empowered with opportunities for rapid career growth, leadership roles regardless of gender, and the ability to work at exciting startups disrupting the

1. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Vietnam Deputy Prime
Minister
Phạm Gia Khiêm launch a TOPICA initiative, 4/2006
ONLINE EDUCATION:
EMPOWERING STUDENTS, TEACHERS, EMPLOYEES
Cao Công Minh
Co-Founder, Senior Director of Corporate Branding & Marketing, Topica Edtech Group, 12/2016

3. 28%
OF US COLLEGE STUDENTS
STUDY SOME OF THEIR
COURSES AT A DISTANCE
Empowering
Students NO LONGER UNCOMMON TO STUDY ONLINE
100+
EDTECH STARTUPS IN VIETNAM
2 MILLION
PAID STUDENTS SERVED
YALE, BERKELEY
HAVE FULLY ONLINE DEGREE
PROGRAMS

4. 20M
STUDENTS
140
TOP UNIVERSITIES
Empowering
Students
NO LONGER IS ACCESS TO GREAT TEACHERS
THE PRIVILEGE OF A FEW
~ 1000 TEACHERS
2/3 IN THE US, EUROPE, AUSTRALIA
15K
STUDENTS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA
100K
STUDY EXPERTS WORLDWIDE

5. 100%
REFUND FOR NANODEGREE PLUS
IF NOT HIRED BY THE LIKES OF
GOOGLE, FACEBOOK, ORACLE
Empowering
Students
NO LONGER
STUDY ONLINE = QUESTIONABLE RESULTS
71%
OF CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS
IN US COLLEGES BELIEVE
ONLINE EDUCATION QUALITY
SAME OR SUPERIOR TO THAT OF TRADITIONAL
16.1%
AVERAGE SALARY INCEASE OF
BACHELOR’S GRADS AFTER 12 MONTHS
1.5X
NATIONAL AVERAGE

6. EMPOWERING
TEACHERS
INTERNET DAY 2016

7. $40K/MONTH
INCOME OF TOP INSTRUCTOR
(2014)
Empowering
Teachers
NO LONGER “NOBLE, BUT LIMITED PAY”
IS THE TEACHING PROFESSION
$8M/YEAR
EARNED BY CHA KIL-YONG
A TOP ONLINE MATH TEACHER KOREA
(2014)

8. 60 YEARS
AGE DIFFERENCE
TEACHERS: AMERICAN ELDERLY
STUDENTS: BRAZILIAN KIDS
Empowering
Teachers
NO LONGER LIMITED BY TRAVEL, SCHEDULING
10 MINUTES
PAID TEACHING SESSIONS
WHILE WAITING FOR DENTIST, BUS, DINNER…
12 HOURS
TIME ZONE DIFFERENCE
MOST TEACHERS: 9AM IN NEW YORK
MOST STUDENTS: 9PM IN BANGKOK

9. Empowering
Teachers
NO LONGER DO ALL THE CHORES
AROUND TEACHING
Curri-
culum
FAQs Sup-
port
Conn-
ect
Simu-
lation
Gamific
ation
Exam Quiz
DB
Creden
-tialing
Moti-
vation
Teach-
ing
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
✔️ ✔️
✔️
✔️ ✔️ ✔️
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️

10. EMPOWERING
EDTECH EMPLOYEES
INTERNET DAY 2016

11. 23 YEARS
AGE OF YOUNGEST DIRECTORS
2
PROMOTIONSWITHIN 6 MONTHS
FOR A TOP PERFORMER
50
MANAGERS JOINED
22 FUTURE CEOS, 18 FOUNDERS IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMS
LEAVING MULTINATIONAL COPRS
AND THEIR OWN STARTUPS
Empowering
Edtech
Employees
NO LONGER UNEXCITING CAREER
SELF-DRIVING CAR
DEVELOPED BY SEBASTIAN THRUN
WHO LEFT GOOGLE VP POSITION TO FOUND UDACITY

12. JENNY DANG
CEO, TOPICA UNI REGIONAL
& DOZENS OF FEMALE SENIOR MANAGERS
Empowering
Edtech
Employees
NO LONGER MALE-ONLY LEADERSHIP
DAPHNE KOLLER
FOUNDER, COURSERA
TU NGO, VU VAN
FIRST PRIZE, SXSWEDU 2016

13. THE FURUTE
INTERNET DAY 2016

14. Future
IS EDUCATION’S INTERNET MOMENT COMING NOW?
EDUCATION IS THE LAST INFORMATION-ONLY INDUSTRY
NOT YET DISRUPTED
Source: Knewton.com
PURE ONLINE
INDUSTRIES
(INFORMATION-ONLY)
ONLINE-TO-OFFLINE
INDUSTRIES
(PHYSICAL GOODS, SERVICES)
TRANSPORTATION ACCOMODATION
EDUCATION
MOSTLY PURE ONLINE
EXCEPT HANDS-ON SUBJECTS
EDUCATION

15. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION