Lots has happened, and progress is occurring faster than I would have guessed. What needs to happen for online learning to reach its full potential? But computers can be leveraged to allow for the personalization of learning. When human beings get together, they can do the things computers could never do. And then when you go to the classroom, there can be much more human interaction with peers and teachers. With virtual tools, you can do on-demand exercises and progress at your own pace. I’ve never viewed online learning as a replacement for a traditional education but rather as something that could supercharge or liberate it. How can online learning fill students’ educational gaps? In general, though, with traditional educational models, the thinking is very much, “You’re the student and I’m the teacher follow my instructions.” The byproduct of that is that students are so accustomed to being told what to do that they’re not sure how to proceed when they are given an open-ended problem that requires them to take initiative. Writing is an incredibly powerful tool that is fostered to different degrees at various schools. I’d argue that a lot of the students who do well in any field have great communication skills. For example, most students who know computer programming well enough to get jobs at Google or Facebook didn’t learn that skill in a classroom they developed it on their own. But it’s not clear whether that is in spite of the traditional academic model or because of it. There are definitely kids coming out of the system ready to work. Here’s a preview:Īre traditional schools giving our kids the knowledge and skills they need to excel in the workplace? Khan also has a lesson or two for HR professionals who want to harness the power of virtual learning, which he’ll share as a keynote speaker at the Society for Human Resource Management’s 2016 Annual Conference & Exposition in Washington, D.C., to be held June 19-22. His organization offers online educational videos and other tools to more than 26 million registered students in 190 countries. Khan Academy-a nonprofit organization with the mission of providing free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. That’s what drives Salman “Sal” Khan, founder of the The “learning revolution” we keep hearing about doesn’t focus as much on using new tools to change the way people learn as it does on leveraging the tools to give education a broader reach. Technologies used in teaching have transformed dramatically over the past decade, but the underlying theories about what makes for a good education haven’t changed much.
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