Educational Technology

May 9, 2011

Education 2.0: the global university with just one lecturer

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:35 am

by Ainslie MacGibbon, Sydney Morning Herald

Salman Khan from California agreed to tutor his younger cousin, Nadia, in maths remotely using tablet technology. “I thought these video lessons would be a good supplement. Nadia started improving significantly and more family wanted to see them, so I put them on YouTube. Others started to randomly access them and it just went from there.” says Khan. Advertisement: Story continues below Five years, 2000 video lessons, and 41 million views on YouTube later, Khan is on target for his mission of “providing a world-class education to anyone, anywhere” – with one faculty member.

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/education-20-the-global-university-with-just-one-lecturer-20110426-1dulo.html

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