Why do some teachers bash on Khan Academy?

Bozusaki
Sat, 01 Aug 2015 19:55:42 +0000

I personally think KA is kind of a mixed bag. There are times when it has been an enormous help for me, but I’ve personally had instances where they describe certain things unclearly or in a way more complicated than my teachers have described it. Like, I’ve watched a video, said, “I was supposed to understand that?”, went back into my course text, and figured it out myself. There have also been instances where it’s the exact opposite, where KA describes things in a way that is much more easy for me to understand.

I think that Khan Academy can be viewed as kind of a soulless approach to teaching. You can’t raise your hand in the middle of the video and ask a question. (And yeah, they have that comment section, but you usually have to wait a while to get an answer.) You can’t really interact with the video and develop a relationship with it. It’s a one-way way of learning. I think it’s completely viable as a learning resource, but I can definitely understand why some people may be turned off by it.