Curtis Fischer

Thank you for posting this. I'm a big video watcher so that will most likely prove very useful for me.

William Yaremchuk

Only aware of Kahn Academy by the television ads.

Joyce Brown

I was not familiar with Kahn Academy.

Ahmad Al-Omari

Actually there are different sources for videos for learning and teaching purposes such as Khan academy and youtube. Of course there are other sources based on the feild of study that are appropriate for instructors and students at the same time.

Kathy German

This is wonderful that there are so many wonderful video resources. Do you ever get challenged from students that they could do this on their own online, so why are they paying for their education like this?  I'm from a Trade College and anytime you aren't delivering every piece of information to them directly, they start complaining that they aren't getting their money's worth. just getting them to read or study is almost impossible. This is something I've noticed with the Millenials especially.   No drive or interest in their own learning and accountability for it.   

Thanks

Paul Nussbaum

Kathy - you bring up a great point. Technology is there to assist the teacher, not replace them, and students need to be told that otherwise they not only feel cheated, they also feel alone and frightened.

For example, videos are a great reinforcement or advanced study tool, and they're also great for flipping the classroom. Specifically:

Reinforcement - some students aren't getting it, so why not point them to additional resources, such as videos, where they can catch up to the rest of the class and/or hear things from a diferent perspective? I use this especially effectively with mathematics techniques.

Advanced Study - some students are well advanced and ahead of the rest of the class. You don't want them to be bored, so you can challenge them with additional material beyond what you will teach to the other students. This material can be in the form of prepared videos. I use this especially well with advanced technologies - where the vendors of these cutting edge products often make videos public to showcase and explain them (medical, manufacturing, automotive, netowrk security, everything really).

Flipping the Classroom - Rather than have students read a chapter before class discussion, why not have them watch a lecture you've video recorded, or a great YouTube video you've found.