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So anyone here heard about the khan academy?
It's an academy with a faculty of one man with thousands of youtube videos ranging from arithmetics to differential equations. Salman khan says he focuses in the intuition more than the memorizing and textbook style learning.
more info at http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2329-sal ... the-rescue
And http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY5VKiG_IXE
Do you agree with his methods or rather the old style? and what do you think of internet learning in general?

as long as you learn, idc

is it available for free viewing on youtube? if so than take advantage of it, what would it hurt. if it costs, then id further invesigate than a gaming forums opinions.

CeLL wrote:is it available for free viewing on youtube? if so than take advantage of it, what would it hurt. if it costs, then id further invesigate than a gaming forums opinions.

It's free and I am not asking if I should use it I asking if you think internet learnins is better than the current school system and how can it be developed to improve education all over the world. (khan academy is one of the examples of internet learning but there are other free internet learning sites I am talking about them in general)

madah123 wrote:

CeLL wrote:is it available for free viewing on youtube? if so than take advantage of it, what would it hurt. if it costs, then id further invesigate than a gaming forums opinions.

It's free and I am not asking if I should use it I asking if you think internet learnins is better than the current school system and how can it be developed to improve education all over the world. (khan academy is one of the examples of internet learning but there are other free internet learning sites I am talking about them in general)

there isnt a better learning standard, you must find what gets through to you best. i say use it, and then do your own independant study to ensure accurate info.

at first i thought it was a terrorist academy


dont see anything wrong w/ education through the internet. hell even my math teacher just put on a youtube video about a subject and just watches porn or w/e he does

I've been a long time fan of him. He really does a good job of explaining hard topics.
Here's a video of a conference in MIT where he explains his ideology about how education should be reformed. It's very interesting.

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Youtube should give me a PhD. I've learn a shitload of things from it, from toilet training a cat to hotwiring a car.

Yea I heard of this a while ago its a pretty good site for people who can't keep up, or understand things in school.