There is only one video, everything else is in article format, with embedded diagrams and visualizations.

From looking at the video list (http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-comput...), that one looks like it focuses a lot on data structures - which we don't talk much about, at least not in what we've released so far. The professors hope to add more over the coming months.

I'd say they're complimentary, do them both!

What is the Khan Academy approach to article vs. video formats? IMO, lessons with video introductions then a hybrid of text with interactive exercises as the bulk of the lesson would be ideal.

Is KA working towards an ideal combination of methods or are you guys experimenting depending on the topic?

It really depends upon the subject matter - we're experimenting! For Computer Science/programming education we've been pushing more towards the text/interactive exercise direction. Art History is almost all text and videos (with little interaction). Math is almost all video and exercises (no text).

We also have pieces like Cryptography and Information Theory which are video heavy and have some interactive portions: https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-science/crypt... https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-science/infor...

Hope you find some of them interesting!

This summer my kids (elementary & middle school) did the Intro to JS and Advanced JS courses. They really got hooked due to interactive creativity and video lessons. The audio narrative was really fun and kept them interested. Therefore, videos and especially the audio narrative style in Intro to JS is something I would vote for and hope that Khan academy continues that even (and especially) for CS courses.

I will definitely keep doing talk-throughs when we are teaching syntax- like for the HTML/CSS and SQL curriculum that we're releasing this week. I experiment with articles for when the teaching isn't focused on syntax but is more conceptual/high-level (including in the Advanced JS series, which is all articles).

There will be one! Although there's only a single video (the introduction) - everything else is text or an interactive program. The intro video is being fed to our translators/transcribers now and should be up soon!

Oh - and as a comparison to the MIT course, probably the biggest differences is that (upon a quick review): There are no lectures and no textbooks. Everything is available online and there are tons of interactive projects to complete.

Edit: If you are interested in providing transcription or translation of the single video this is where you can help! http://www.amara.org/en/videos/muCpy2w3ZIH5/info/what-is-an-... Thanks for the offer :)

Oops! I misunderstood - I'm used to the video-heavy maths tutorials. Thanks for letting me know.