What’s Blended Learning? Ask Salman Khan
February 13, 2012 | 3:19 PM | By Tina Barseghian
Salman Khan has made a name for himself for producing bite-sized videos that explain everything from fair value accounting to how the Hawaiian Islands were formed on the free online Khan Academy.
Here, Khan uses his trademark “chalkboard” sketching approach to explain how the idea of blended learning — combining technology like online videos and software with classroom instruction — works.
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