GigaOM: Open source developers don’t get paid for their contributions. Khan Academy is trying to change that by giving $125 each week to developers through Gittip.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Linux Today
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Bank of America, Khan Academy Promote Better Money Habits
By Business Wirevia The Motley Fool
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Bank of America, Khan Academy Promote Better Money Habits
Partnership Makes Free Financial Education Accessible to All
CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Bank of America and Khan Academy today announced a financial education collaboration that will provide both bank customers and non-customers alike free, self-paced, easy-to-understand resources to develop better money habits. These resources will be available on a new website, BetterMoneyHabits.com, which will incorporate educational content from Khan Academy and Bank of America and be promoted throughout Bank of America’s vast network.
Bank of America and Khan Academy recognize that no matter where you are starting from, the best way to improve long-term financial success is by changing habits slowly, step by step. The online program allows consumers to learn at their own pace, from a teaching style that is casual and commercial-free.
“At Khan Academy, our mission is to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere, and we believe that financial understanding is now an economic imperative for all,” said Sal Khan, founder, Khan Academy. “Partnering with Bank of America will help us reach a significantly larger group of people searching for unbiased information on personal finance and other topics we teach.”
The relationship is part of a broader Bank of America initiative to help people understand how to make their money work harder.
“We have heard clearly from our customers that they want to build better money habits, but often lack straightforward and accessible guidance,” said Andrew Plepler, Corporate Social Responsibility and Consumer Policy executive at Bank of America. “We approached Khan Academy because of their proven ability to translate complex topics into simple, self-paced, on-demand learning materials.”
In a style made popular by Khan, BetterMoneyHabits.com features videos that take a bite-sized, plain-language approach to simplifying complex financial topics, making the information easy to grasp and put into action. The first set of videos addresses topics such as easy ways to save, steps to get out of debt, setting and sticking to a budget, and understanding mortgages.
The Bank of America – Khan Academy partnership addresses a startling financial knowledge deficit in our nation today. According to the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) 2013 Financial Literacy Survey, when asked to grade themselves on their knowledge of personal finance, 40 percent of respondents gave themselves a grade of C, D, or F. However, Americans demonstrated a strong desire to improve their level of financial capability, as …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance
Stanford Expands Public MOOCs (Massively Open On-Line Courses)
MOOCs or Massively Open On-Line Courses is a new development to leverage technology to deliver education to large numbers (thousands to millions) of people. Khan Academy is similar in that it delivers education over the Internet but slightly different in that it is a one-to-one engagement of thousands of micro-lectures. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest
Special K: Don't sleep on Khan Academy, Knewton
Listening to Sal Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, speak on stage to several hundred attendees at the 5th Anniversary Gala last week for Innosight Institute—the non-profit that I co-founded—I thought about how Clayton Christensen and I have speculated for some time that the long-term future of much of educational content will be in the business model of a facilitated network, a platform in which users essentially exchange modular pieces of educational content with each other. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest
Adobe Kicks off Summit, The Digital Marketing Conference
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Adobe Kicks off Summit, The Digital Marketing Conference
SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Adobe Summit, The Digital Marketing Conference— Adobe Systems Incorporated (NAS: ADBE) today opened Adobe Summit, The Digital Marketing Conference, where more than 4,500 digital marketers and senior leaders representing the world’s top brands have gathered to learn the latest about marketing trends, share best practices, and network with industry experts and peers. Keynote presenters include Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen and senior vice president and general manager of Adobe’s Digital Marketing Business, Brad Rencher, along with record-setting stratospheric daredevil Felix Baumgartner; Adam Bain, president of global revenue at Twitter; and Sal Kahn, founder of Khan Academy.
Watch the keynote live today, Wednesday, March 6, from 9am-11am MST.
“Adobe Summit brings together the best marketers and advertisers from all industries,” said Brad Rencher, senior vice president and general manager, Digital Marketing Business, Adobe. “At this year’s event we’ll explore why digital marketers are fast becoming strategic leaders within their organizations. We’ll also share how leading brands are using Adobe® Marketing Cloud to get from data to insight to action, faster and smarter than ever.”
Adobe’s digital marketing business continues to lead the industry, delivering the most comprehensive marketing solutions to the world’s top brands, including nine of the top ten online retailers and commercial banks, and eight of the top ten media companies and auto manufacturers. Today Adobe is delivering new innovations in Adobe Marketing Cloud that help marketers tackle business challenges, including:
New Touch Interface
and Mobile Marketing Capabilities
Adobe today unveiled an innovative new UI for Adobe Marketing Cloud that surfaces data and insights to marketers and business leaders so they can easily gauge the impact of their marketing dollars. Through this visually rich, touch based interface, Adobe Marketing Cloud, which marketers use to understand how campaigns are performing, now links with Adobe® Creative Cloud™, which agency creatives use to build and deliver those campaigns. In addition, every solution within Adobe Marketing Cloud has been upgraded with new mobile marketing capabilities, including new mobile capabilities for analytics, advertising, social app development, targeting content on smartphones and tablets, and mobile content management and delivery.
Adobe Social Goes Mobile
…read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance
Mexico's Slim to fund online classes in Spanish
Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim says his foundation is funding the translation of thousands of Khan Academy online classes into Spanish.
The telecommunications billionaire says the Carlos Slim Foundation shares the academy’s goal to make “a free world-class education available to everyone.”
Khan Academy offers thousands of free video lectures on YouTube in subjects like mathematics, physics and art history.
More than 500 videos have been translated into Spanish by Mexican professors, so far.
Slim says he will also fund online classes about Mexican history to be added to the website. He says funding for the not-for-profit organization comes from a 4 billion peso ($315 million) investment over the next three years to expand internet connectivity in Mexico.
Slim made the announcement Monday together with Khan Academy‘s founder, Salman Khan.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Fox World News