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BitTorrent and Khan Academy To Distribute Education

Posted by Soulskill on from the racing-to-zero-cost-education dept.

drDugan writes "BitTorrent, Inc. announced this morning that they have launched a partnership with the Khan Academy to distribute open education videos. They launched with more than 2,000 videos, covering high school and college level curriculum, across science, math, history, finance and test prep. All of the videos are free to download and open licensed with Creative Commons."

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  1. FIRST! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    KHAAAAAAN!

  2. Proof... by mswhippingboy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    that bittorrent can be used for legit purposes. Hopefully as a side benifit, this will make it harder for the MPAA crowd to villify these types of file sharing networks.

    --
    Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.
    1. Re:Proof... by rainmouse · · Score: 3, Insightful

      that bittorrent can be used for legit purposes. Hopefully as a side benifit, this will make it harder for the MPAA crowd to villify these types of file sharing networks.

      Though the threat to private Colleges and Universities that free learning poses could actually further fund and empower the MPAA.

  3. Re:Human video projectors by Lazareth · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because teaching itself both builds character and strengthen your knowledge in your field. Because that human "video projector" is a human, readily able to take questions at any given time during the lecture.

    I'm not saying anything against video lectures. These things are great and it helps to open up and spread information around for the benefit of all. But they're not the same thing. They can be a substitute, but they're not for everybody. Some of use need those human video projectors to get through our education. Some of use need a mix of both.