Okanagan – The Khan Academy and the Flipped Classroom

Dr Andrew Grindlay will be talking about the Khan Academy approach to teaching students at school.

Here is a little background reading on the topic:

http://www.economist.com/node/21529062

http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21580136-new-technology-poised-disrupt-americas-schools-and-then-worlds-catching-last

Andrew Grindlay was a Professor at the Ivey School of Business, Western University, for 30 years. He then served for seven years as Publisher and Editor of Business Quarterly, a magazine sold by subscription to 10,000 Canadian business executives. He earned a B.Sc. in Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, an M.B.A. from Western University and a Ph.D. in Management Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.

This free event is in collaboration with the Okanagan Jewish Community Centre.