I agree that it is a promising paradigm. But, it is one implementation of an "inverted classroom" -- the general idea has been around awhile. For a very interesting riposte on why current Kahn videos might not be that effective for science classes, see https://fnoschese.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/khan-academy-and-the-effectiveness-of-science-videos/ . This work came out of a PhD thesis in physics education. He appears to have a lot of empirical work to back his claim. - Bill Lindsay said: > Maybe everyone knows about this but (while looking for math help for my > 9 year old) I just stumbled upon Salman Khan's website and this TED > talk: > > http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.html > > As someone who uses a blend of technology (online interactive case-based > modules) and classroom based TBL the underlying philosophy resonates > with me and I thought perhaps with the listserve particularly the > comment: > > (he) "calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom > script -- give students video lectures to watch at home, and do > "homework" in the classroom with the teacher available to help." > > Lindsay > > Lindsay Davidson M.D., M.Sc., M.Ed., FRCSC Associate Professor, > Pediatric Orthopaedics Chair of Teaching and Learning School of > Medicine: Clerkship Director, Term 5 Director, Undergraduate MSK Course > Chair Queen's University, Kingston, Ont (613)544-9626; Fax > (866)-545-1519 -- Bill Goffe Department of Economics SUNY Oswego, 416 Mahar Hall Oswego, NY 13126 315-312-3444(v), 315-312-5444(f) [log in to unmask] http://cook.rfe.org