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I think states could produce such quality lessons, for free. The ROI of these would be enormous if proper internet access given to schools and households. Why

I think states could produce such quality lessons, for free. The ROI of these would be enormous if proper internet access given to schools and households. Why have 10.000 poor versions of a lesson accross the country instead of teachers or parents guiding classes based on curated, great online classes? Gilbert Strang comes to mind as an example of great explanations without the TV Show production quality. I wish my country did something like Khan Academy but for more subjects, and in Spanish

Avicebron 6y ago
I wish there was a huge push into Khan academy, but for more advanced topics e.g. graduate level with clear course structure. I really think this could feed into a rich ecosystem of free, online distributed research and publications. Ideally that could lead to public grants and funding for research outside of the university system. Maybe one day.
- MiroF 6y ago
  This seems so obviously important to me and yet there is pretty much no will to do it in the government.
  - Avicebron 6y ago
    Yeah...I really don't understand the government's deliberate strangulation of research and positive advancement. Part of the prosperity of the 20th century was driven by a flood of funding into technological innovations of multiple fronts. It's a shame it took a war to bring it on, but it was so obviously beneficial it looks stupid not to acknowledge it.
    - dayvid 6y ago
      My guess is that most politicians don't come from STEM backgrounds, mostly law or public policy so they don't see the inherit value in it.
      - sitkack 6y ago
        Coupled with the American war on intellectualism and a capturing of the state by corporations, and higher education bloated with administrators, there are sufficient blockers that a coordinated state level AAA online higher education system will be pretty hard to achieve. The closest possibility is that the California state school system develops an online wing.
- zholito 6y ago
  Pretty sure this will help them move in that direction: https://www.khanacademy.org/donate https://www.khanacademy.org/donate

Avicebron 6y ago

I wish there was a huge push into Khan academy, but for more advanced topics e.g. graduate level with clear course structure. I really think this could feed into a rich ecosystem of free, online distributed research and publications. Ideally that could lead to public grants and funding for research outside of the university system. Maybe one day.

MiroF 6y ago
This seems so obviously important to me and yet there is pretty much no will to do it in the government.
- Avicebron 6y ago
  Yeah...I really don't understand the government's deliberate strangulation of research and positive advancement. Part of the prosperity of the 20th century was driven by a flood of funding into technological innovations of multiple fronts. It's a shame it took a war to bring it on, but it was so obviously beneficial it looks stupid not to acknowledge it.
  - dayvid 6y ago
    My guess is that most politicians don't come from STEM backgrounds, mostly law or public policy so they don't see the inherit value in it.
    - sitkack 6y ago
      Coupled with the American war on intellectualism and a capturing of the state by corporations, and higher education bloated with administrators, there are sufficient blockers that a coordinated state level AAA online higher education system will be pretty hard to achieve. The closest possibility is that the California state school system develops an online wing.
zholito 6y ago
Pretty sure this will help them move in that direction: https://www.khanacademy.org/donate https://www.khanacademy.org/donate