Sal Khan responds to a critic — and the critic answers back
A guest post I recently published critiquing the Khan Academy received a great deal of response, including an e-mail from Salman Khan, founder of the academy. Now here’s the next part of the debate: A response from the critic.
Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, in 2010. (Courtesy of Khan Academy)For those who may not know, the Khan Academy is essentially a library of more than 3,300 videos on subjects including math, physics, and history that are intended to allow students to learn at their own pace. Questions were raised about the quality of some of the math videos in the guest post mentioned above as well as in others elsewhere on the Web.
Below is Khan’s e-mai
Khan Academy: Readers weigh in
Recent posts on the Khan Academy — including an e-mail I posted from founder Sal Khan — sparked a lot of interest and reaction from readers.
The Khan Academy is essentially an on-line library of more than 3,300 videos on subjects including math, physics, and history that are designed to allow students to learn at their own pace and for teachers to use as instructional tools.
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The Khan Academy is essentially an on-line library of more than 3,300 videos on subjects including math, physics, and history that are designed to allow students to learn at their own pace and for teachers to use as instructional tools.
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