Khan Academy currently heavily depends on examples. Anything that you can teach by example is probably fair game. For example (ha!), his history stuff right now, while perfectly fine, I find no more engaging/effective than reading about.
That doesn't mean it won't work, just it probably won't be as effective for some other stuff as it has been for math and such.
I agree. I think making it work beyond math and science will be a bit challenging, I think the style would need to change quite a bit, away from just the white board and more toward something like a real lecture.
That doesn't mean it won't work, just it probably won't be as effective for some other stuff as it has been for math and such.