Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Khan Academy: A One Man University Entirely On YouTube

Read this article written by Allison Yin from the Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/article/College-20-A-Self-Appoint/65793/.  It talks about Salman Khan who quit his job as a financial analyst to make educational YouTube videos.  He calls his collection Khan Academy. 

Kahn's videos have hundreds of thousands of views and students rave that he makes learning the topics really easy  According to the article Khan's methods challenge university's beliefs that classes need to be taught in person, for hour long blocks, by qualified educators.  Mr. Khan has a vision of creating a middle and high school where students watch videos and complete self-paced quizzes to certify that they know the information. 

This article states that Khan's idea could change the way public schools are structured.  Do you agree with this? How do you feel about learning coming entirely from videos?  Post your thoughts.

A video Khan created about the phases of meiosis.

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