Khan/Koller Review

When I first visited the Khan Academy website I couldn’t directly see myself using the tool but I would definitely have encouraged student who are having a difficult time or those who want to go ahead. It’s an awesome tool to get a clarity and practice. Working through the videos and website, I would say they were user friendly. If you didn’t understand how you to answer a question or why you may have gotten it wrong, it provided you with hints and explanation. I thought that was very helpful. I agree and disagree with Khan on the topic of “credentialing”. I agree with him because students are moving towards online course and they don’t have the access or financial   means to gain that from an institution like Yale, Harvard or Stanford. They are able to gain the same knowledge and, possibly, experience as someone who went to those institutions to fulfill the job requirement. I disagree with him because many people have attachments and still value the “credential”, (school the degree was earned), more important than the information that was obtained. So before this change can happen, as a culture we have to re-program the way we think.

 Teaching character and creative positive classrooms and children acquiring literacy naturally are two courses that I would be interested in taking. It is unclear it Columbus States accepts Coursera as transfer credits. You would have to submit a transcript   to your academic advisor to see if the courses are compatible to the ones offer at CSCC. It appears the course I was interested in were more interesting and that could be because of the instructors. These instructors have opened successful schools, wrote novels and essays on education. Who wouldn’t want to get a firsthand experience to help build your teacher pedagogy!  I think MOOC’s can be the “wave of the future”. More and more people are turning to free resources to gain more knowledge. Coursera can be completed no matter where in the world you reside. As long as you have access to a computer and the internet you can access the information you desire! I believe this will change the way that we receive our education by experiencing theses MOOC, simultaneously, taking classes in a traditional setting. This will help eliminate debt, while learning from some of the top educators in the world.