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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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2 mo on HNInner Game of Tennis
TheCoach
2 HN recommender · 2015–2016
2 mo on HNLet's teach for mastery -- not test scores | Sal Khan
TED
2 HN recommender · 2016–2018
2 mo on HNR. P. Feynman on the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
x1x2x3ct
2 HN recommender · 2010–2014
2 mo on HNConrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers
TED
2 HN recommender · 2012–2020
2 mo on HNAlan Kay: A powerful idea about teaching ideas
TED
2 HN recommender · 2009–2024
2 mo on HNLecture 1 | Programming Methodology (Stanford)
Stanford
2 HN recommender · 2009–2026
2 mo on HNSICP: o fim de uma era
Computação Raiz
2 HN recommender · 2023–2025
2 mo on HNHow Children Develop Perfect Pitch
Rick Beato
2 HN recommender · 2019–2025
2 mo on HNExact Instructions Challenge - THIS is why my kids hate me. | Josh Darnit
Josh Darnit
2 HN recommender · 2017–2025
2 mo on HNDuolingo -- the next chapter in human computation | Luis von Ahn | TEDxCMU 2011
TEDx Talks
2 HN recommender · 2011–2012
2 mo on HN"Hedy: A Gradual programming language" by Felienne Hermans (Strange Loop 2022)
Strange Loop Conference
2 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNHow AI Could Save (Not Destroy) Education | Sal Khan | TED
TED
2 HN recommender · 2023–2026
2 mo on HNHomeschooling: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
3 HN recommender · 2023–2025
2 mo on HNLet's use video to reinvent education | Salman Khan
TED
2 HN recommender · 2011–2012
2 mo on HNTalk: Video Games and the Future of Education
Jonathan Blow
2 HN recommender · 2020–2023
1 mo on HNI'm Just a Bill (Schoolhouse Rock!)
TheGreatWorker
1 HN recommend · 2013–2024
1 mo on HNIncremental reading: Learning about nutrition from Wikipedia (SuperMemo 17)
SuperMemo Video
1 HN recommend · 2018–2021
1 mo on HNExact Instructions Challenge PB&J Classroom Friendly | Josh Darnit
Josh Darnit
1 HN recommend · 2022–2026
1 mo on HNThe Reason Education Sucks
iStateOfMind3
1 HN recommend · 2015–2022
1 mo on HNSesame Street: 12 And Pinball Animation
Sesame Street
1 HN recommend · 2018–2026
1 mo on HNStephen Krashen on Language Acquisition
Mark Rounds
1 HN recommend · 2018–2025
1 mo on HNI can't ride a bike. How fast can Mike Boyd teach me?
Tom Scott plus
1 HN recommend · 2021–2025
1 mo on HNStudent Debt: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2015–2017
1 mo on HNThe Science of Thinking
Veritasium
1 HN recommend · 2017–2019
1 mo on HNAndy Matuschak — The reason most learning tools fail
Dwarkesh Patel
1 HN recommend · 2024–2025
1 mo on HNTomorrow's World: Nellie the School Computer 15 February 1969 - BBC
BBC
1 HN recommend · 2010–2026
1 mo on HNStephen Krashen: Language Acquisition and Comprehensible Input
Tarek Hamza
1 HN recommend · 2020–2022
1 mo on HNRichard Feynman: "What's the name of a bird?"
Yves Messer
1 HN recommend · 2016–2026
0 mo on HNDoctor on How Screen Time Hurts Kids' Cognitive Development
C-SPAN
0 HN recommender · 2026–2026
0 mo on HNThe Most Persistent Myth
Veritasium
0 HN recommender · 2015–2024
0 mo on HNStar Trek 2009 Vulcan School
Jay
0 HN recommender · 2016–2024
0 mo on HNDr. Michio Kaku America Has A Secret Weapon
The72tube
0 HN recommender · 2017–2020
0 mo on HNWhy Do You Make People Look Stupid?
Veritasium
0 HN recommender · 2013–2023
0 mo on HN"Debate" American Style: Our Top Orators in Action
Peter Schiff
0 HN recommender · 2017–2023
0 mo on HNRichard Feynman - Names Don't Constitute Knowledge
Caitlin Spies
0 HN recommender · 2017–2022
0 mo on HNSmarter Every Day Challenge: Learn the Backwards Brain Bike
Mike Boyd
0 HN recommender · 2018–2023