“The next step is, peer-to-peer learning more immersive games, a shared white board.” “(We are) adding layers to make learning more meaningful,” said Khan from behind his desk.Īs students’ work on problems or watch videos, the Khan Academy tracks their progress and generates graphical data that each user can privately access. As they pass practice tests they earn points and “badges worth bragging about” by quickly and correctly answering five exercise problems in a row, students earn 100 points, and a Meteorite badge called “picking up steam,” and by quickly and correctly answering 42 exercise problems in a row, students can earn an Earth badge called sub-light speed. After watching the videos, students can check to see if they have grasped the concepts by taking practice tests.

In simple 10-15 minute videos, Khan’s friendly and excited voice leads you through concepts as he pens colourful illustrations on his tablet. “I felt like fascinating and intuitive concepts were almost intentionally being butchered into pages and pages of sleep-inducing text and monotonic, scripted lectures.” “A lot of my own educational experience was spent frustrated with how information was conveyed in textbooks and lectures.” explains Khan on his website. Now students around the world, even in Pakistan, can learn everything from calculus, organic chemistry, finance and even the French revolution, by logging on to through their Facebook or Gmail account. He is known as Sal in the valley, and Bill Gates famously called him “his favourite teacher.”įorget classrooms, black boards, textbooks and teachers. “When I’m 80 (years old), it will be a lot more satisfying to think that a billion kids benefited.” “My life gets to be this dude who gets to learn everything, and teach it,” said Khan smiling with a tablet and computer in front of him. Salman Khan is offering just that from his wooden desk made of antique telephone poles in the heart of Silicon Valley. MOUNTAIN VIEW: What if your child could get a free, world-class education from a man with an MBA from Harvard and three Bachelors degrees in Math, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science from MIT?

Salman Khan is offering free, world-class education from his wooden desk made of antique telephone poles in the heart of Silicon Valley.

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