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You probably know that plenty of colleges offer classes
online, but if students need a little extra help, more and
more of them are finding it now for free on YouTube.
Kiet Do shows us what could be the next
generation of online learning.
Going to a traditional old school is, well, old school.
This is the worldwide
headquarters of the Khan Academy.
Inside this converted walk-in closet could be
the future of education.
What we can do here is just distribute this x plus 2y onto
each of these terms.
With a headset, an electronic pen, and a zest for learning,
Sal Khan records short, bare-bones, 10-minute
educational videos and posts them on YouTube.
No big deal until you realize there are more
than 1,500 of them.
So 3 plus 4 is equal to 7.
Covering everything from basic addition--
The dimension of a transpose.
--to advanced linear algebra--
And he is the King of Prussia.
--to French history--
You now have $40,000.
--and Ponzi schemes, economics mixed with current events.
70,000 people view his bite-sized videos every day at
their own pace, all for free.
At the end of the day, what makes this fun for me is the
idea that as many people as possible could
benefit from it.
Khan started recording videos back in 2006 to tutor an
out-of-state relative.
Since then, it's exploded, and last year, he left his
lucrative job as a hedge fund analyst and lives off
donations to Khan Academy.
The 33-year-old says the videos can free up teachers to
focus on teaching instead of lecturing.
So the teacher says go home, watch these videos, and then
when we come to class the next day, you have already watched
the lecture.
I don't have to do that broadcast lecture to you in
the classroom, and we'll actually do your homework in
the classroom.
Accessible, cheap, effective, and sustainable teaching for a
wired generation.
It is making people think hard about, well, what is the
proper role for technology in the classroom?
So I do hope it starts a bit of a revolution, but I don't
know if I can call myself a revolutionary.
Call it education 2.0.
And we are done!
In Mountainview, Kiet Do.