Most educators are familiar with the Kahn Academy, but may not appreciate the overall structure of the Academy for student learning. There is a big difference between using the resources provided by Kahn to address a specific need and the use of the curriculum of the Academy and the focus on mastery learning.
Here is a short post from EdSurge that contains an audio interview with Sal Kahn. The focus on this post is mastery learning. Mastery learning has been a personal focus since the late 1970s. As I became interested in technology, I was convinced that technology provided opportunities to make mastery concepts practical. Here is my take on mastery learning (more about the origins and components) and how it relates to the model in Kahn’s approach.