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		harpastum on March 22, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Code School is Amazing "The winning formula is screencasts + code challenges + gamification." This is also the formula the Khan Academy is using. I think they're both on to something pretty huge.

kmfrk on March 22, 2011 [–]

"Screencast" is a humongous simplification of what makes Khan Academy great. His teaching style is paramount to its success.

The equation wouldn't work, if the screencasts weren't great.

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