His videos helped me get through pre-calculus in college last year. Pretty cool stuff. However, when I asked my professor what she thought of the Khan Academy videos, she said he made a lot of mistakes, and if you aren't careful you'll wind up making those mistakes as well.

I found it useful just being able to rewind and play over confusing math topics, hearing him explain the same thing over and over, sort of drilling the stuff into my head. That would be difficult in a classroom setting, when everyone else is ready to move on.

All in all, I recommend his vids on trigonometry to anyone struggling with the subject. Just be sure to check everything yourself. We all make mistakes.

But we need government for educashun.

Right guys? Right?

*Great post OP. The Khan academy is amazing. It is such a profound thing.

Thanks. Maybe he has better way of explaining Algebra. Those graphs are hurting me.

I don't like you have to signup with google or facebook though.

Originally posted by ZeroReady
However, when I asked my professor what she thought of the Khan Academy videos, she said he made a lot of mistakes, and if you aren't careful you'll wind up making those mistakes as well.

Your professor is probably the last person you should ask about the Khan Academy. It is absolutely in her best interest to lie about the Khan Academy and exaggerate any errors she thinks they may have made.

If things keeps up, things like the Academy will put professors like yours out of a job. In the future, there will be a small number of excellent professors that will dominate the video lecture/internet courses.

*Did she point out any specific errors that you would be able to link us to? Or was she just kinda throwing it out there? "He made alot of mistakes..."

this is really cool im gonna study some stuff and then go challenge some college students to see if they like paying money out the butt for something i learned for free! we can start a movement for internet classes to save the world a lil money

I'm always for self empowerment and education, things like this make me smile. Thanks OP for the thread.

Originally posted by ZeroReady
His videos helped me get through pre-calculus in college last year. Pretty cool stuff. However, when I asked my professor what she thought of the Khan Academy videos, she said he made a lot of mistakes, and if you aren't careful you'll wind up making those mistakes as well.

I found it useful just being able to rewind and play over confusing math topics, hearing him explain the same thing over and over, sort of drilling the stuff into my head. That would be difficult in a classroom setting, when everyone else is ready to move on.

All in all, I recommend his vids on trigonometry to anyone struggling with the subject. Just be sure to check everything yourself. We all make mistakes.

Thanks for responding and with very good advice. This seemed like such a great idea I just posted it here and forgot about it or I'd have responded quicker. Glad to discover that for you at least the positive features outweighed the negative. I suppose in any education there is going to be the possibility for some error in information presented. Teachers are only human but I think their very humanity, interest and concern is what makes some students do better than others or what makes some people excel.

I see a world where there are no teachers or physical schools and all our education is online like this. I don't like that world AT ALL, yet people call me liberal and progressive. Not so much. I think it is a very bad step to remove humanity from the world. If we are going in that direction which it appears we are - I think special steps must be taken to re-integrate social contact and humanity back into our daily lives. Hey online education and saving travel time etc should allow us to spend more quality time with our families. There is a plus.
Again...appreciate you taking the time to comment. Excellent information and I thank you for including it here.

Originally posted by Manhater
Thanks. Maybe he has better way of explaining Algebra. Those graphs are hurting me.

I don't like you have to signup with google or facebook though.

edit on 26-9-2011 by Manhater because: (no reason given)

I don't like that aspect of it either. Facebook sucks so bad lately - I think someone should contact the Winklevoss Twins and see if they might not want to give it another go?
I will sign up with them and drop FB just to prove a point.

Originally posted by Calex1987
this is really cool im gonna study some stuff and then go challenge some college students to see if they like paying money out the butt for something i learned for free! we can start a movement for internet classes to save the world a lil money

Not a bad idea....I think it is the direction we are going. This is ideal for people who are in school who need tutoring and want to supplement their education. Some people need the formal classes because they lack personal discipline and motivation and need a real body to provide that inspiration.

Thanks very much for responding!

Originally posted by Chewingonmushrooms
I'm always for self empowerment and education, things like this make me smile. Thanks OP for the thread.

Lastly but certainly not leastly (and yes I know that is not a word... )I must thank you for stopping by. It has been a pleasure to make your acquaintance here in the thread. Unfortunately I am all out of words, as you can see I am starting to make them up - but I will stop by and check in to new replies later on.

Self empowerment is definitely positive and a good thing all the way around. I could not agree with you more. Cheers and more power to you!

Originally posted by Exuberant1

Originally posted by ZeroReady
However, when I asked my professor what she thought of the Khan Academy videos, she said he made a lot of mistakes, and if you aren't careful you'll wind up making those mistakes as well.

Your professor is probably the last person you should ask about the Khan Academy. It is absolutely in her best interest to lie about the Khan Academy and exaggerate any errors she thinks they may have made.

If things keeps up, things like the Academy will put professors like yours out of a job. In the future, there will be a small number of excellent professors that will dominate the video lecture/internet courses.

*Did she point out any specific errors that you would be able to link us to? Or was she just kinda throwing it out there?

After listening to the second video you can see the incredible potential of this type of a learning program at least for all the subjects where the curriculum is fixed such as most of the sciences and math. Like Bill Gates said, "We are looking at the future of education..."

well your welcome for my last reply and its true...me and my step dad have been saying this for quit some time now that school will evetually be taught online with one teacher online to do tests but will give you videos to learn ect....all they will be there for is to answer any questions mark your tests and thats it.....so instead of going out spending say $30,000 for a class i can learn for free and probably get better marks online...why not...if it helps people become more productive and open up more areas for people why not? why keep holding people back because of marks they cant get in a normal class but by this means they excel well beyond class rooms marks....

i remember going to class (special ed)..when it was 12 students 3 teachers i was doing amazing in class...the better the one on one for students the more productive we became....up till highschool my general marks were in the 74-98% area nothing really lower...i got throwen into a normal class 25-30 students one teacher and it was hell...i could get by but i couldnt handle the stress of how fast they were pushing it on and if i didnt get it it just built up my stress level until i finally lost it and said im done n left.....

not everyone is the same some learn fast on some subjects others take forever to get it..i could always get math/english/science fairly easily others would scratch their head for hours.....so if you can get the one on one and replay it till you get it and what not...why not do this why not make a nation more successful...why not put more people into careers and not just jobs by doing something like this....it would benefit us all in the long run and make our 2 nations greater..

S&F for you btw