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Flip the system and make the classwork homework and the homework classwork. Instead of a lecturer being the 5000th person trying to teach the subject with a va
by davidhollander 16y ago
Flip the system and make the classwork homework and the homework classwork.
Instead of a lecturer being the 5000th person trying to teach the subject with a varying degrees of preparedness, you just get the single best and most enthusiastic lecture of all time, everytime, as a video. Then in class teachers, TAs, and students can have normal humans conversations with each other to work through problems and peer interaction to motivate learning. Instead of this being relegated to additional office hours\recitations\labs.
- kenjackson 16y agoIt's called the Khan Academy.
- rooshdi 16y agoKhan Academy is definitely a good step in the right direction but still lacks the one on one interaction with a knowledgeable mentor some students need in order to ask varying questions and receive the personal answers suited to their rationalizations. I think a great next step for Khan Academy would be to try to create partnerships with willing schools and universities to accommodate their current learning material and structure.
- kenjackson 16y agoHave you watched the TED video on their webpage? Watch that. Here's a blog from Los Altos which is using Khan Academy for some 5th (and 7th I believe) classes: http://lasdandkhanacademy.edublogs.org/ http://lasdandkhanacademy.edublogs.org/
- r00fus 16y agoThis is the most interesting reply I've seen so far. How would one grade this effectively though?