Khan Academy Mission Statement The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. We're a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education for anyone anywhere
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Video-taped lecture Speaker focused Impersonal Not visual
Power-point lecture Content focused Impersonal Boring and confusing Video-taped lecture Speaker focused Impersonal Not visual
Power-point lectures Content focused Impersonal Boring and confusing Sal Khan lectures Content focused Personal Clear and fun Video-taped lectures Speaker focused Impersonal Not visual
2008 Topics: Math YouTube Videos
Topics: Math YouTube Videos Topics: Math, Economics, Art history, Physics, Chemistry, Health/Medicine Khan Academy Tutorials
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Individuals Complete tutorials Get feedback Follow recommendations Classrooms Assign tutorials Follow student progress Design in-class activities Khan Academy
Free and online Jump-in and jump-out Student driven Mastery-based Comprehensive Peer-reviewed Engaging and fun Khan Academy
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Free and online Fixed start/end dates Teacher driven Completion-based Not comprehensive Not peer-reviewed Variable quality
> 100 million users to date Scale Cumulative visits to Khan Academy (Millions) > 6 million Unique users / month >30,000 classrooms around the world >1.2 billion problems answered 216 countries >280 million lessons delivered
Khan Academy Medicine 1.5 million views, 187 countries Users: Health students with limited faculty (supplement) Stanford School of Medicine
Content scaling Medical College Admissions Test Biology Chemistry Biochemistry Physics Psychology Sociology Human physiology
Internationalization Translations Localization Contextualize content Additional resources Classroom activities 50+ languages for videos Website translation Tutorials Reports Analytics
Khan Academy Lite
A free, world-class health and medicine education for anyone, anywhere
Who is the learner? MOOCKhan Academy Content creator Professor from a branded university Anyone (merit-based national competitions) QualityVariable, limited or no quality control Strict quality control for both style (Khan Academy) and accuracy (Faculty) ContentVariable, largely repurposedGenerated ScalabilityRapid TopicsRandom, interesting courses: Aftermath of 9/11 from Duke (9/9), Upper arm anatomy from Univ. of Penn (9/23), or Understanding Media by understanding Google from Northwestern (9/16) Core, foundational content relevant to schools and employers: Math, Economics, Computer science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine… No nonsense, no gimmicks. LogisticsFree, globally accessible, start/end dates (4-8 week courses) – lock step Free, globally accessible, start now, self- directed or mission directed LearnerFun and random: ~4 million/month, ~10% retention, one class had a very poor passing rate of 40% ~7 million/month, more engaging for younger users. Foundational knowledge that beats standard learning in head-to- head studies ExtrasQuestions within videos and at check points, translated videos, community forums, feedback/analytics, 3 rd party reports, certificates/badges Questions within videos and at check points, community forums, feedback/analytics, 3 rd party reports, certificates/badges, entire website translation (CETV), gamification Site integration MinimalCS platform can be used across the site, knowledge maps, learning flow