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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. Human video projectors by mrcaseyj · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So why do we have all these highly intelligent expensive professors wasting their time standing in front of hundreds of students in a lecture hall reciting their teaching script like a human video projector? Let the best lecturers in the country make videos and let the students send in questions and assemble a frequently asked questions list and then put those professors to work doing research for the benefit of humanity.

    1. Re:Human video projectors by SuricouRaven · · Score: 1, Interesting

      Below university level (Up to eighteen years old) the majority of the cost of schooling isn't really in education. It's in keeping the little brats under control. Enough staff to watch them, break up the fights, keep them paying attention to learning rather than playing games, chatting or stareing into space. Then the cost of assessment, testing and such - because it's not enough to understand a subject. The pupils also need to be able to prove their understanding in the easily-demonstrated and consistant form of exam results, in order to win jobs.

  2. *This* is the type of thing that makes me smile by StuartHankins · · Score: 4, Interesting

    At a time when so many things are wrong in this world, Khan Academy is helping countless people improve their lives through education. The help of BitTorrent brings this to even more people. Truly awesome and many thanks!