No, not the HomaFiles (but we’re trying) … It’s the Khan Academy.
Punch line: This is worth checking out for 2 reasons:
- Innovative educational “delivery system”
- Lots of 10-minute subject modules that are relevant to MBAs – e.g. finance, econ, stats.
Links follow the excerpt …
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Excerpted from Business Week:
Salman Khan: The Messiah of Math
Salman Khan has become a quasi-religious figure in a country desperate for an educational Moses.
His free website, dubbed the Khan Academy, may well be the most popular educational site in the world.
“If you’re teaching math in this country right now, then there’s pretty much no way you haven’t heard of Salman Khan.”
Kahn started by taking math material — both basic and advanced — and broking it down into little 12-minute lectures – created on a Wacom tablet using an electronic pen — feature blackboard-style diagrams and explanatory voice-overs .
Khan groups the concepts into “modules” … all linked to a “knowledge map” that shows how the modules relate to one another, so a math student can pick a path from addition to derivatives.
Some teachers are using the Kahn videos to supplement the classroom..
Teachers using the Khan Academy flip the traditional curriculum; students listen to the lectures at home, on their own time, and work through assignments in class, So, teachers are able to address student issues individually.
From its math roots, Kahn Academy has branched out to a broad array of subject matter, including statistics, finance, economics, and the sciences.
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Links to explore the Kahn Academy:
Lecture Example: Present Value
Lecture Example Algebra: Worked Problems
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The Homa Files 