Instructional videos such as Khan Academy have a place, but we need to be aware of their limitations. The following blog post points some of these out with some good supporting examples.
http://fnoschese.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/khan-academy-is-an-indictment-of-education/ Regards Roland On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Caryl Bigenho <cbige...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi... > > When I first saw the Khan Academy videos, I didn't like them. They just > seemed to be the traditional "Sage on a Stage" style of teaching.... not at > all collaborative or constructionist. But then, I watched his TED talk ( > http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.html > ) > and, now, I am a "convert." > > Taken alone... forget it! But combined with his program of practice > exercises and "awards" ( http://www.khanacademy.org/exercisedashboard ), > the Khan Academy material is excellent! Also, teachers who "flip" their > classes and use a collaborative setting in their classrooms should find a > lot more time for individual student attention where needed. Students who > "get it" right away can also re-enforce their learning by helping others. > Better understanding and achievement for all students should be a logical > result. > > Caryl > > > Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 15:12:56 -0400 > > From: ndoi...@andrew.cmu.edu > > To: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org > > Subject: Re: [IAEP] Khan academy content > > > > > > > You can download around 1000 of the Khan Academy videos in OGV format > > (playable on XO laptops) from Archive.org Here's an English/Spanish > > index of relevant categories http://mapmeld.com/khan_categories.html > > > > If you're skeptical or haven't seen his videos, his talk sparked a great > > discussion about math education on Hacker News: > > http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2307532 > > > > For more recent videos, including YouTube, there's this media guide: > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/MediaGuide > > > > Regards, > > Nick Doiron > > > > > > On Mon, April 4, 2011 3:57 pm, Chris Leonard wrote: > > > I haven't really looked into this, but I thought it might be of > interest > > > to some on the list. > > > > > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/04/the-khan-academy-and-educ_n_8443 > > > 90.html > > > > > > > > > http://www.khanacademy.org/ > > > > > > > > > One might imagine these videos being stored on the School Server for > > > local access. According to the page below it is all cc-by-sa > > > > > > > https://sites.google.com/a/khanacademy.org/forge/home/mission-principles- > > > and-values > > > > > > I was very happy to see this statement "begin to translate the lessons > > > into Arabic, Bengali, French, German, Hindi-Urdu, Indonesian, Mandarin, > > > Portuguese, Russian and Spanish so they could be distributed globally. > " > > > > > > > > > This page covers their localization process: > > > > > > > > > http://www.khanacademy.org/contribute > > > > > > > > > cjl _______________________________________________ > > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- -- Roland Gesthuizen - eLearning Coordinator - Keysborough Secondary College "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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