News The state of Idaho in the United States is partnering with the Khan Academy to pilot the use of its instructional videos in  classrooms. A grant from the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation will pay for training, technology, technical assistance and assessment. The Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning at Northwest Nazarene University... more

Resource Salon writer Andrew Leonard gives an interesting overview of the state of new and emerging online education choices and their potential impact on higher education. Leonard asserts that this impact is already being felt and will continue to accelerate, “The kids who are cutting their teeth on Khan Academy videos... more

News “Anda sombong.” (You are arrogant, in Bahasa Indonesia) Two very simple yet seemingly harsh words addressed at me by an Indonesian orphanage teacher, little did I know about their true relevance, proved in time to come. In August of this year, we travelled to Kinderhut village, Banda Aceh, Indonesia –... more

News “What can digitization do for learning?”  That is the fundamental question that has driven much of the efforts to innovate at CK-12.  It stimulates a much more intriguing thought process than the more mundane “How do we digitize a textbook?” or “How do we get curriculum into the virtual world?”... more

News We are in the beginning of the biggest teaching revolution since the formation of the modern education system. There is no doubt that the main factor fueling this change is the rapid technological advancement occurring worldwide. We are now in an age where information is a commodity, and how it... more

GET Ideas In a piece in the Independent in 2011, Gor­don Brown wrote: “The inter­na­tional aid sys­tem for edu­ca­tion is fail­ing the world’s children.” He was intro­duc­ing his UNESCO report, Edu­ca­tion for All: Beat­ing Poverty, Unlock­ing Pros­per­ity. On a number of occasions over the past six years, I have been able to watch the work of UNESCO close up–and in... more

Resource In this Edutopia video, educational-technology pioneer Salman Khan maps how online-learning tools can help physical classrooms evolve to become hubs for creativity and hands-on experiences, as well as how Khan Academy and the Discovery Lab summer camp fit into that big picture. more

Resource While the Khan Academy is well known for its online video lecture, this Edutopia video showcases Khan Academy’s Discovery Lab summer camp, at which academy staff experimented with project-based learning activities to build better student engagement. more