Shortly after I have written the blog about Educational Youtube, and what effective role it can play in the future education. I have been introduced to an amazing website that offers free educational courses using videos hosted by Youtube. Did I mention for free? Well it is for FREE.
This site is done by only one man; he made some 1600 videos separated into three main categories: Math, Science and Others. He made his videos in such manner that they are short and easy to understand; in another word you get the essential of each course in just 10minutes which is very efficient and straight forward. You don’t have to sit in a class room and listen to a lengthy and boring lecture. All what you have to do is pick a subject from the long list and pay attention to the explanation for few minutes and that’s it. Later on you can return to stay another ten minutes and continue the course.
But that’s not all! The story does not end here. Sal Khan, the creator of this video library www.KhanAcademy.com got a really unexpected and unusual fan: Bill Gates. According to Fortune when Bill Gates knew about Khan he said “this guy is amazing”.
He actually is; he might become a leader in innovative education with his stock of videos. He is surely able to reach a large base of potential students and change the way they are learning.
Of course this is also made possible because of the infrastructure laid down by Youtube service.
However, what is missing in this system as a whole is the interaction between student and teacher which is also a building block to the comprehension. But we are only seeing the beginning of the evolution, the tip of the iceberg. The technology will soon catch up and try to fill the gap.
Check the following link fo more details about the story of Sal Khan http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/23/technology/sal_khan_academy.fortune/index.htm
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