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Education & learning Videos Recommended on Hacker News (73)
Education & learning is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 73 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2009 and 2026 — 205 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Education: teaching methods, Khan Academy, learning how to learn, computers in education, Seymour Papert, Logo, constructionism, university system, school reform, AI tutoring, memory techniques.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on How to Speak: “drop what you're doing and watch it now” — an HN commenter, 2020.
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16 mo on HNHow to Speak
MIT OpenCourseWare
17 HN recommender · 2020–2025
9 mo on HNConfessions of a Converted Lecturer: Eric Mazur
UMBCtube
9 HN recommender · 2009–2023
10 mo on HNMarty Lobdell - Study Less Study Smart
Pierce College District WA
6 HN recommender · 2015–2024
9 mo on HNRSA ANIMATE: Changing Education Paradigms
Royal Society of Arts
10 HN recommender · 2011–2026
8 mo on HNAlan Kay: Doing with Images Makes Symbols (Full Version)
Kenneth Friedman
8 HN recommender · 2016–2023
7 mo on HNCppCon 2015: Kate Gregory “Stop Teaching C"
CppCon
7 HN recommender · 2016–2025
6 mo on HNLEADERSHIP LAB: Writing Beyond the Academy 1.23.15
UChicago Social Sciences
4 HN recommender · 2020–2025
6 mo on HNVeritasium: What Everyone Gets Wrong About AI and Learning – Derek Muller Explains
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
6 HN recommender · 2025–2026
5 mo on HNThe Expert Myth
Veritasium
6 HN recommender · 2022–2026
6 mo on HNThe Biggest Myth In Education
Veritasium
7 HN recommender · 2021–2024
6 mo on HNThe first 20 hours -- how to learn anything | Josh Kaufman | TEDxCSU
TEDx Talks
5 HN recommender · 2014–2024
5 mo on HNHow to learn any language in six months | Chris Lonsdale | TEDxLingnanUniversity
TEDx Talks
5 HN recommender · 2014–2019
5 mo on HN"How to teach programming (and other things)?" by Felienne Hermans
Strange Loop Conference
4 HN recommender · 2019–2026
4 mo on HNThe Power of belief -- mindset and success | Eduardo Briceno | TEDxManhattanBeach
TEDx Talks
3 HN recommender · 2014–2020
3 mo on HNThe Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day 133
SmarterEveryDay
4 HN recommender · 2015–2025
4 mo on HNSalman Khan TED Talk 2011 (from ted.com)
Khan Academy
4 HN recommender · 2011–2012
4 mo on HNLec 1 | MIT 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming, Fall 2008
MIT OpenCourseWare
4 HN recommender · 2010–2012
4 mo on HNBret Victor - Media for Thinking the Unthinkable
Colin McDonnell
4 HN recommender · 2015–2026
3 mo on HNMusic as a Language: Victor Wooten at TEDxGabriolaIsland
TEDx Talks
3 HN recommender · 2017–2018
3 mo on HNAlan Kay : July 2007 : A Conversation with CMU Faculty & Students
CMU Robotics Institute
3 HN recommender · 2017–2024
3 mo on HNTom Lehrer - New Math (Animated)
Jared Khan
4 HN recommender · 2013–2025
3 mo on HNCelestial Navigation (instruction video)
NathanielsCAD
2 HN recommender · 2021–2025
3 mo on HNSeymour Papert 1983
Cynthia Solomon
3 HN recommender · 2014–2017
3 mo on HNDo schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson | TED
TED
3 HN recommender · 2017–2025
3 mo on HNThe Classroom Only Works for One Kid in the Room
CGP Grey
3 HN recommender · 2013–2024
3 mo on HNHow government programs drive up college tuitions
Peter Schiff
3 HN recommender · 2010–2018
3 mo on HNMaking Badass Developers - Kathy Sierra (Serious Pony) keynote
O'Reilly
3 HN recommender · 2017–2017
3 mo on HNThe call to learn | Clifford Stoll
TED
3 HN recommender · 2010–2025
3 mo on HNDenmark's Forest Kindergartens
SBS Dateline
3 HN recommender · 2017–2021
2 mo on HNGet Ready to Rock with Sonic Pi - The Live Coding Music Synth for Everyone • Sam Aaron • GOTO 2018
GOTO Conferences
2 HN recommender · 2020–2023
2 mo on HNKhan Academy and the Effectiveness of Science Videos
Veritasium
2 HN recommender · 2011–2024
3 mo on HNSeymour Papert
Seth Morabito
3 HN recommender · 2014–2017
2 mo on HNJournalist Vincent Woo reflects on his piece, "Lambda School's Misleading Promises" | E1039
This Week in Startups
2 HN recommender · 2021–2024
2 mo on HNRethinking CS Education | Alan Kay, CrossRoads 2015
Infosys Foundation USA
2 HN recommender · 2016–2019
2 mo on HNWhy Gifted Kids Are Actually Special Needs
HealthyGamerGG
2 HN recommender · 2021–2025
2 mo on HNThe Chinese Student Crisis
PolyMatter
2 HN recommender · 2022–2022