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"A free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere: this is the goal of the Khan Academy, a passion project that grew from an ex-hedge funder's online tutoring sessions with his niece, who was struggling with algebra, into a worldwide phenomenon. Today, millions have viewed and subscribed to the Khan Academy's YouTube videos, which have expanded to encompass nearly every conceivable subject. Like all great innovators, Sal Khan established himself as an outsider, with no teaching background to tie him to broken models. And his breakthrough idea has become his life's passion. Schools seek his advice about connecting to students in a digital age, and people of all ages and backgrounds flock to the site to utilize this new approach to learning. In The One World Schoolhouse, Khan will present his remarkable story, as well as his vision for the future of education. More than just a solution, his book serves as a call for free, universal, global education, and an explanation of how his simple - yet revolutionary - method can help achieve this inspiring goal"-- ""The founder of the Khan Academy -- the world's most popular free online learning site -- tells the story of his school's astonishing success, and shares his revolutionary vision for the future of education." --Provided by the publisher"--… (more)
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This is an important book because it makes the case that knowledge can be conveyed as well by digital media as by human teachers. The book describes very clearly the importance of this point
The Khan Academy is just the tip of the iceberg in the sense that the seminal teaching tools devised by Mr. Khan, as effective as they have proven to be, are potentially just the beginning as the more advanced digital technologies coming into being begin to be exploited in teaching tool development.
Salman Khan, through this book, has opened a door on a dramatically improved education system. The Khan Academy, described here, is the disrupting innovation; the rest of the iceberg hasn't happened yet. Our nation badly needs it.
-Doing away with grades- students progress to the next after they have mastered a concept
-watching lectures independently, doing individual and group problem solving and "homework" in the classroom with teachers helping
-flexible school times, team teachers
-teaching