06 March 2011
Salman Khan's New Educational Paradigm
10/03/11 12:02 Filed in: Education & Technology
TED 2011: How a Hedge-Fund Analyst Became Isaac Newton
By Kim Zetter
March 3, 2011
LONG BEACH – Salman Khan isn’t the sort of person you’d expect to devise a revolutionary education system.
The former hedge fund analyst is as surprised as anyone that a series of videos he began posting online in 2004 have had such a profound effect on strangers around the world and have provided a new way for students to learn math and science.
Khan described his strange journey Wednesday at the Technology Entertainment and Design conference (TED). Khan was speaking during a special session curated by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who was invited to build a session with people that reflected his interests and that he thought the world should be watching.
In 2004, Khan began tutoring a few of his cousins who were having difficulty with math. To make it easier to communicate with them, he decided to post the lessons as a series of videos on YouTube.
His cousins quickly discovered they preferred Khan on YouTube than in person.
“They were saying something very profound there,” Khan said. “They were saying that they preferred the automated version of their cousin to their cousin.” Read More...
By Kim Zetter
March 3, 2011 LONG BEACH – Salman Khan isn’t the sort of person you’d expect to devise a revolutionary education system.
The former hedge fund analyst is as surprised as anyone that a series of videos he began posting online in 2004 have had such a profound effect on strangers around the world and have provided a new way for students to learn math and science.
Khan described his strange journey Wednesday at the Technology Entertainment and Design conference (TED). Khan was speaking during a special session curated by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who was invited to build a session with people that reflected his interests and that he thought the world should be watching.
In 2004, Khan began tutoring a few of his cousins who were having difficulty with math. To make it easier to communicate with them, he decided to post the lessons as a series of videos on YouTube.
His cousins quickly discovered they preferred Khan on YouTube than in person.
“They were saying something very profound there,” Khan said. “They were saying that they preferred the automated version of their cousin to their cousin.” Read More...