group interaction provides a good support structure for help, clarification and discussion. i think it's a great idea to turn around the teaching structure. involvement will produce better learning outcomes in most cases. the question is, does everyone benefit equally in a group environment? will the smarter ones benefit less/more than the ones lagging behind? Well, that's for research to conclude. But nonetheless, any teaching aid accessible online will help those who seek it!
He's right. You sit in lectures and if you are lost, then that's it. Homework is going to be a struggle and there's no one there to help you. Then you get to class the next day and have to sit through another lecture.
@Jimmyretired Stay retired. The new generation will use Khan Academy and has no use for you. (btw i am a mathematics major, i t.a. a calculus class, and i pay attention in class LOL)
Shame his content isn't always accurate. The very 1st I opened (Evolution) included him drawing apes and adding a tail to them. Even saying "let's put a tail on this guy." Only one of the defining characteristics of an ape is that they don't have tails. They are, by definition, tailless primates.
I respect the bigger picture goals of the project, but letting scientific inaccuracies and misconceptions slide, no matter how subtle, in the name of "bettering" education isn't the way to go about it.
@NekoMouser His lectures are about intuition, not about the details. I mean, he does all of the videos himself and he is just ONE GUY. Plus he normally corrects himself when he messes up if someone calls him out on it.
That's kinda my point. It is one guy teaching his understanding of everything from American literature to music theory to quantum physics with no real form of fact-checking, oversight, or quality control. As I said, I get (and truly appreciate) his bigger vision and aims to flop the school process so lecture is at home and homework is at school, but I won't be sending kids to his site until there is some sort of content confirmation and quality control put in place.
@NekoMouser He teaches out of textbooks, he has multiple degrees from MIT, and he hardly has any humanities, mostly science and math. He is just as qualified as any high school teacher and if he is unaware about something, he calls experts in the fields. Not only that, but his videos are constantly critiqued by anyone who sees them and he corrects them as necessary if he is flawed. It is essentially constantly fact-checked.
Your claim is that apes are tailless is wrong because they all, we all have the vestigial remains of what our tail used to be. Some people (extremely rare) have extended tail bones which are essentially a tail.
I do hope you know the difference in having an actual tail and having the vestigial remains of a tail. Do apes have defunct genes for tails? Seem to. Do apes have physiology indicating they once had tails? Yep. Is it a misconception to draw an ape with a tail past his knees and act as if that's normal? Also yes.
For all intents--both colloquial and scientific--apes ARE considered to be tailless. As I said, NOT having tails is a trait the entire ape clade shares by definition.
This is exactly how school should work. I spend more time watching lectures on youtube than I spend in school; and more time doing homework outside my profs office than I spend doing homework at home.
great wooow
fuka14 4 days ago
show respect for this guy !
deniskatashkentskiy 3 weeks ago
i love this man, he is magnificant.
iloverocknroll47 1 month ago
Flipped classrooms are definitely the way of the future. Keep spreading the word, Salman!
studysync 1 month ago
hold 7 lol
TheDubstep97 4 months ago
WOw very amazing!
laglagga 5 months ago
Now there is only one genius, S. Khan! With 100 and 1000 similar people we will have Autopoietic education, now we have allopoietic teaching.
alauc 9 months ago
The host's voice reminds me of Jimmy Kimmel.
ArialSummer 9 months ago
indoctrination made easier and faster
FOBmzunguREPTILICUS 9 months ago
@FOBmzunguREPTILICUS exactly
regresseur 9 months ago
group interaction provides a good support structure for help, clarification and discussion. i think it's a great idea to turn around the teaching structure. involvement will produce better learning outcomes in most cases. the question is, does everyone benefit equally in a group environment? will the smarter ones benefit less/more than the ones lagging behind? Well, that's for research to conclude. But nonetheless, any teaching aid accessible online will help those who seek it!
s1kb45trd 9 months ago
I don't agree with Sal's method changing the classroom:p
I prefer changing teachers from bad to good.
fcdog555 9 months ago
mmmmm wheatgrass!
whispers83 9 months ago
Tension, tension, tension. Sexual tension?
SomethingSea1 9 months ago
He's right. You sit in lectures and if you are lost, then that's it. Homework is going to be a struggle and there's no one there to help you. Then you get to class the next day and have to sit through another lecture.
SpoiledLogic 9 months ago
@SpoiledLogic Dont make excuses for not paying attention. I am a retired Geography Teacher
Jimmyretired 9 months ago
@Jimmyretired Stay retired. The new generation will use Khan Academy and has no use for you. (btw i am a mathematics major, i t.a. a calculus class, and i pay attention in class LOL)
SpoiledLogic 9 months ago
Shame his content isn't always accurate. The very 1st I opened (Evolution) included him drawing apes and adding a tail to them. Even saying "let's put a tail on this guy." Only one of the defining characteristics of an ape is that they don't have tails. They are, by definition, tailless primates.
I respect the bigger picture goals of the project, but letting scientific inaccuracies and misconceptions slide, no matter how subtle, in the name of "bettering" education isn't the way to go about it.
NekoMouser 9 months ago
@NekoMouser His lectures are about intuition, not about the details. I mean, he does all of the videos himself and he is just ONE GUY. Plus he normally corrects himself when he messes up if someone calls him out on it.
JLJorgenson18 9 months ago
@JLJorgenson18
That's kinda my point. It is one guy teaching his understanding of everything from American literature to music theory to quantum physics with no real form of fact-checking, oversight, or quality control. As I said, I get (and truly appreciate) his bigger vision and aims to flop the school process so lecture is at home and homework is at school, but I won't be sending kids to his site until there is some sort of content confirmation and quality control put in place.
NekoMouser 9 months ago
@NekoMouser You can at least send your kids to it for math as this is universal
cristoretornebiblia 9 months ago
@NekoMouser He teaches out of textbooks, he has multiple degrees from MIT, and he hardly has any humanities, mostly science and math. He is just as qualified as any high school teacher and if he is unaware about something, he calls experts in the fields. Not only that, but his videos are constantly critiqued by anyone who sees them and he corrects them as necessary if he is flawed. It is essentially constantly fact-checked.
JLJorgenson18 9 months ago
@NekoMouser
Your claim is that apes are tailless is wrong because they all, we all have the vestigial remains of what our tail used to be. Some people (extremely rare) have extended tail bones which are essentially a tail.
Valoric0 9 months ago
@Valoric0
Sigh.
I do hope you know the difference in having an actual tail and having the vestigial remains of a tail. Do apes have defunct genes for tails? Seem to. Do apes have physiology indicating they once had tails? Yep. Is it a misconception to draw an ape with a tail past his knees and act as if that's normal? Also yes.
For all intents--both colloquial and scientific--apes ARE considered to be tailless. As I said, NOT having tails is a trait the entire ape clade shares by definition.
NekoMouser 9 months ago
This is exactly how school should work. I spend more time watching lectures on youtube than I spend in school; and more time doing homework outside my profs office than I spend doing homework at home.
SezSays 9 months ago 20
ironically, the topic is about open-source educational content, and Fora & Wired limit it in paid format. Suck ass!
samiminh 9 months ago 45