Our team selected online learning and Khan Academy (KA) as our modality, and Intro to HTML and CSS as the specific resource.<\/p>\n
Before experiencing KA I understood it to be a website that offered free tutorial videos in math and possibly other subjects. Upon further research I found that KA offers a lot more than this: it breaks down your learning into fine-grained competencies that it teaches users through video, text, and web-based simulations. KA then tests users by having them complete small projects or answer questions. KA uses mastery learning heavily, requiring students to reach a high level of proficiency in a topic or competency before learning subsequent content.<\/p>\n
Mastery learning makes a lot of sense to me, especially in areas such as math and computer science where KA focused earlier on. It\u2019s difficult to learn a math or computer science concept when it requires another concept that you didn\u2019t understand when it was taught to you, but you moved on anyways because you passed the test. KA ensures that learners have the foundation they need to move on to the next topic.<\/p>\n
KA also uses a lot of gamification. Gamification can be described as using game-design elements in non-game contexts. Gamification often focuses on components that attempt to motivate learners. KA has almost covered the gamut of gamification techniques: achievements, avatars, badges, collections, content unlocking, levels, points, voting on projects, contests, and probably more that I\u2019m missing. I wonder how effective this extensive gamification is at motivating learning and keeping users on the site? Does the effectiveness vary by age of the user or other factor?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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