Re:Sal Khan is MIT's 2012 Commencement speaker
by ludwigvan on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @06:32PM
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The major difference is lectures of Khan Academy, or the new Stanford lectures have a one-to-one lecture format, that probably engages people more.
College lectures, or classroom lectures are non-ideal [1], in an ideal world, each student would have a corresponding teacher. The beauty of technology and Internet is that now we can simulate one-to-one lectures for masses.
[1] There are probably some situations where classroom lectures are better, when the lecture is enhanced by questions via discussion.
College lectures, or classroom lectures are non-ideal [1], in an ideal world, each student would have a corresponding teacher. The beauty of technology and Internet is that now we can simulate one-to-one lectures for masses.
[1] There are probably some situations where classroom lectures are better, when the lecture is enhanced by questions via discussion.