Video and the Future of Education

For once, I feel like a bit of a laggard. I’ve only just discovered KhanAcademy.org, thanks to the latest EMRAP:EE podcast… Was I hiding under a rock? (Oh wait, I was, a giant Fellowship Exam-shaped rock…)

Salman Khan has inadvertently turned himself into a master educator of millions, and it hasn’t gone unnoticed by the Higher Authority (aka Bill Gates). But what is it that he’s done that may pave the way for how we educate in the future?

Watch this entertaining and enthralling TEDtalk to find out:

“With so little effort on my own part, I can empower an unlimited amount of people for all time. I can’t imagine a better use of my time.” — Salman Khan