온라인 교육의 선두주자 Khan Academy 의 설립자 Sal Khan 이 시대의 새로운 교육 방법

MIT 2012 Commencement Address: Salman Khan gives commencement address at MIT (2012)

"principle over profit"

"smile with every atom in your body"

"take a walk through the woods forget your name, your idenTiTy, for just a little bit, realize what you are, just another animal walking towards another mammal"

"try to build true empathy for everyone"

"now i can optimize things"

"i can finally tell them how much i appreciate them. i can give the more hugs more time... i can be more source of positivity for people around me."

"thank you"

나 또한 Khan Academy 의 youtube 비디오들을 보면서 수업 공부를 하였다. 사실상 요즘 online open course 온라인 오픈 코스로 사실상 학교를 물리적으로 가지 않아도 온라인으로 왠만한 수업을 들을 수 있다. 마이클 샌댈의 course 도 물리 화학 수학의 모든 개론 수업 등 왠만한 수업을 온라인에서 만날 수 있다. 굳이 학교에 갈 필요가 없어지면서, 학비가 과소비로 느껴진다. 무튼 무관히 고등 교육 과정이 공개적으로 무료로 허용되고 영향을 줄 수 있다는 것은 MIT의 참으로 이롭고 선하고 굉장한 선택이었다. 

더불어 재밌는 것은 나의 사촌도 MIT 졸업생이고 그녀의 남편도 MIT 졸업생이다 하하하! 

나도 가고 싶다 MIT. 근래 대학원에 대한 없던 스트레스가 콩알 만하게 생기는 것을 느끼고 있었는데 다시 Sal 의 연설을 들으니 사라졌다 하하하. 기분이 좋구나.

자료: wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Khan_(educator)

Salman Amin 'Sal' Khan (Bengali: সালমান খান;^[2] born 1976) is a Bangladeshi American educator and the founder of the Khan Academy, a free online education platform and nonprofit organization. From a small office in his home, Khan has produced over 3000 videos elucidating a wide spectrum of academic subjects, mainly focusing on mathematics and the sciences. As of July 2012, the Khan Academy channel on YouTube has attracted more than 355,000 subscribers.^[3] In 2012, American magazine Time named Salman Khan in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world: Time 100.^[4]

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In late 2004, Khan began tutoring his cousin, Nadia, in mathematics over the internet using Yahoo!'s Doodle notepad.^[11] When other relatives and friends sought his tutoring, he decided it would be more practical and beneficial to distribute the tutorials on YouTube where he created an account on 16 November 2006.^[12] Their popularity on the video sharing website and the testimonials of appreciative students prompted Khan to quit his job as a hedge fund analyst in late 2009 to focus on developing his YouTube channel, 'Khan Academy', full-time with the aid of his long time friend Josh Gefner.^[10]

His videos attracted on average more than 20,000 hits each. Students from around the world have been attracted to Khan's concise, practical, and relaxed teaching method.^[12]

Khan outlined his mission as to "accelerate learning for students of all ages. With this in mind, we want to share our content with whoever may find it useful." Khan also plans to extend his "free school" to cover topics such as English. Programs are being undertaken to use Khan's videos to teach those in isolated areas of Africa andAsia. He delineated his motives:

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.^[13]