khan academy
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The Khan Academy targets the diffusion of free online education all over the world. It is based on recorded videos and the ability to spin up new teaching paradigms that use the videos as support.TRANSCRIPT
Case study
Giorgio SironiNEST project
Alta Scuola Politecnica 7th cycle
Khan Academy
Description
Educational videos for delivering content at the student's pace and with possibility of replay at the student's time and will
Platform for exercises Platform for coaching
Tracking of students and their history as they change tutors
Tracking of topics and their reception by the class
Homepage
Homepage
Video explanations of different depths 2' introductions TED talk
Promoters are shown Bill Gates Google
Curricula
Curricula
Variety of subjects Mathematics Scientific subjects Economics and finance …
Weaknesses Humanities (History, Literature) Soft skills (writing)
Videos
Videos
Videos
YouTube hosting Outsourcing lowers costs
Features Categorization Comments Questions&Answers system powered by students
who watched the video all over the world
Practice sessions
Practice sessions
Path of exercises of increasing difficulty Randomly chosen exercises from a particular
subject's archive The student has to get 10 in a row correct
Mastery learning
Coaching
Coaching
Enables usage also in classrooms Students
Knowledge map Video progress Exercises progress
Teachers Tracking of students in time Profile of students when they were with another
teacher Progress of the single student on a single topic
Business model
Non-profit organization IRS-recognized 501c3 Donations to the foundation
Privates Gates Foundation Google prize
Conclusions
Take-aways Videos and other reusable delivery of content frees
up classroom time for exercise sessions E-learning can track students for their whole
academic life Finer statistics means a better usage of resources
Teacher stays with students currently left behind Teacher can discover the problematic areas
automatically Proficient students (on a given topic) can tutor
the others