Sal Khan: How AI could save (not destroy) education [video]
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Re: Sal Khan: How AI could save (not destroy) education [video]
#2I don't see any reason to listen to Sal Khan. As far as I can tell, he became a major figure in education, with ample resources and real power, because he is good at explaining things. Why would I assume he knows anything about how education works in general because people liked his approach to one very small part of it?
At the gym, people assume anyone with big muscles must be an expert in medicine. Let's not make the same mistake here.
Re: Sal Khan: How AI could save (not destroy) education [video]
#3Current education system is broken. You can't learn anything. Learning need feedback loop, but this do not exist.
In school, you hand in your homework, get the feedback only after Christmas. Because human cannot evaluate 100 students' homework efficiently.
Majority of academic textbook are trash. Some author even say "we have 300 new exercises in this edition" proudly, while the solution is often either nonexistent, or at the end of the book. Why at the end, not next to that problem? Or next page? Why wasting my time to flip pages back and forth?
If the content of exercise is important, why not include that into the text?
If instructor is needed, why not making every concepts into Q&A as they had already been explained in office hour or email somewhere else? Why zero effort being put into knowledge accumulation?
Human failed at education. ChatGPT obviously is a more knowledgeable entity, personally I prefer that more than human instructor.
Re: Sal Khan: How AI could save (not destroy) education [video]
#4I don't see any reason to listen to Sal Khan. As far as I can tell, he became a major figure in education, with ample resources and real power, because he is good at explaining things. Why would I assume he knows anything about how education works in general because people liked his approach to one very small part of it? At the gym, people assume anyone with big muscles must be an expert in medicine. Let's not make t…
I'd listen to him before I would listen to you.
Re: Sal Khan: How AI could save (not destroy) education [video]
#5I don't see any reason to listen to Sal Khan. As far as I can tell, he became a major figure in education, with ample resources and real power, because he is good at explaining things. Why would I assume he knows anything about how education works in general because people liked his approach to one very small part of it? At the gym, people assume anyone with big muscles must be an expert in medicine. Let's not make t…
A couple studies indicating benefits from Khan Academy, just from a cursory search:
16% lift in overall test scores: https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/sprojec...
11% lift in math test scores: https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?arti...
And Khan Academy's impact page: https://www.khanacademy.org/about/impact has links to additional studies.
Re: Sal Khan: How AI could save (not destroy) education [video]
#6Current education system is broken. You can't learn anything. Learning need feedback loop, but this do not exist. In school, you hand in your homework, get the feedback only after Christmas. Because human cannot evaluate 100 students' homework efficiently. Majority of academic textbook are trash. Some author even say "we have 300 new exercises in this edition" proudly, while the solution is often either nonexistent,…
I'm sorry to read you've had such an awful educational experience. Where was this? It does not resonate with my experience at all. I had my fair share of awful teachers, but the handful of excellent teachers really made a difference. The course material was generally pretty decent as well.
My formal education ended some 20 years ago, and I'm sure things have changed, and from what I hear from younger friends and relatives, it doesn't seem to be for the better ...
Re: Sal Khan: How AI could save (not destroy) education [video]
#7I don't see any reason to listen to Sal Khan. As far as I can tell, he became a major figure in education, with ample resources and real power, because he is good at explaining things. Why would I assume he knows anything about how education works in general because people liked his approach to one very small part of it? At the gym, people assume anyone with big muscles must be an expert in medicine. Let's not make t…
Many parts of Khan Academy are great precisely because Sal is good at explaning things. In an engaging fashion, in clear language, with frequent exercises. It's benefited many people over the years (including myself).
Building a succesful learning platform which has impacted many students, certainly qualifies someone to have an opinion on education in my book. Would you be happier if he were some elected Minister Of Education -- who, from what I've seen, are generally about as qualified as a box of donuts?
Literally no one at a gym assumes that muscular people are experts at medicine. But it is reasonable to assume that they know a thing or two about building muscle ...
Re: Sal Khan: How AI could save (not destroy) education [video]
#8Current education system is broken. You can't learn anything. Learning need feedback loop, but this do not exist. In school, you hand in your homework, get the feedback only after Christmas. Because human cannot evaluate 100 students' homework efficiently. Majority of academic textbook are trash. Some author even say "we have 300 new exercises in this edition" proudly, while the solution is often either nonexistent,…
I'm sorry to read you've had such an awful educational experience. Where was this? It does not resonate with my experience at all. I had my fair share of awful teachers, but the handful of excellent teachers really made a difference. The course material was generally pretty decent as well. My formal education ended some 20 years ago, and I'm sure things have changed, and from what I hear from younger friends and rela…
I think I read more textbook then average person to a extend that can call myself textbook reviewer. People usually stuck with only one book that is being assigned to them at class, But as a self-learner, I read all, literally all, linear algebra, discrete math, stuff like that, all just terribly written.
Re: Sal Khan: How AI could save (not destroy) education [video]
#9Current education system is broken. You can't learn anything. Learning need feedback loop, but this do not exist. In school, you hand in your homework, get the feedback only after Christmas. Because human cannot evaluate 100 students' homework efficiently. Majority of academic textbook are trash. Some author even say "we have 300 new exercises in this edition" proudly, while the solution is often either nonexistent,…
I'm sorry, but I've taught a lot of students at the university level. Some of them have exactly this attitude. You're simply wrong. And on the long term path to failure.
The exercises are invaluable. You don't get the answers because then you look at them. The whole point of the exercises is for you to do them, and then for you to figure out if you are right or wrong!
The content of the exercises isn't in the book because you need to actually do things to learn. You cannot learn math, physics, and many other topics passively.
You're ignoring the main lessons and features of the system.
And no. There are countless amazing books. The fact that you can't see that is because you don't understand how to learn.
Re: Sal Khan: How AI could save (not destroy) education [video]
#10One of the biggest factors impacting education outcomes is students per teacher. Students tutored one-on-one learn better than students in small classes, and students in small classes learn better than students in large classes. Because if there are fewer students per teacher, the teacher can devote more time and attention to each student. AI promises to put a decent one-on-one tutor in the hands of every student for a fraction of the cost of human tuition, potentially bringing about a huge leap in educational attainment. No longer will private tutors be restricted to the rich only.