Khan Academy
Salman Khan, an MIT graduate, owns a non-profit organization free online collection of more than 2,800 micro lectures via video tutorials.
He started this off first to tutor his cousins who needed help in math, he posted a couple of vidoes on Youtube. Later on, he recieved comments, emails, and letters from people around the world asking for more videos. After more videos, he and his group were contacted a school board member from the Los Altos area. Soon two Grade 5 and Grade 7 classes adopted his way of learning. The kids would watch his videos for homework and in class and the teacher would help students who had trouble in certain areas.
This affects Globalization and Cultural, since on his website people are able to sign up to coach or volunteer for tutoring in certain areas. This means a person in Europe can help tutor a child in America in a certain topic.
This also creates a Digital Divide and equality of access, since he is hoping all schools in America are able to adopt his way of learning. This would mean that each student would have to have access to a computer and an internet connection.
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