Khan Academy
Khan Academy !
Case study!
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How did Khan Academy start? •
In late 2004, Khan began tutoring his cousin Nadia in mathematics using Yahoo!'s Doodle notepad.
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When other relatives and friends sought similar help, he decided it would be more practical to distribute the tutorials on
YouTube.
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Khan to quit his job in finance as a hedge fund analyst at
Connective Capital Management in 2009, to focus on the tutorials (then released under the moniker "Khan Academy") full-time. Introduction
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Khan Academy is a non-profit educational website created in
2006.
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The website features thousands of educational resources, including a personalised learning dashboard, over 100,000 exercise problems, and over 4000 micro lectures via video tutorials stored on YouTube.
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All resources are available for free. Khan Academy reaches about 10,000,000 students per month and has delivered over
300,000,000 lessons
Case Overview
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Salman Khan founded non profit education academy called Khan
Academy in 2006.
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He is a graduate from MIT and Harvard Business School.
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The slogan is “A free world class education for anyone & anywhere”. •
The website has 4500 micro lectures and the academy has delivered over 260 Million lessons.
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Khan Academy founded as a non profit organisation in 2009.
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The tutorials saw great success with all sorts of people.
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By 2011 the viewership increased up to 2 million per month.
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They got 10 million dollar from gates foundation and Google.
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From the very early stages, many people were impressed by
Salman Khan’s teaching
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Wife of renewed venture capitalist, John Doerr who later contributed 100.000 Dollar to the foundation.
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Bill Gates was also impressed and mentioned Khan’s name in the
Aspen Ideas Festival and gave him 1.5 Million dollars.
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Sal is famous for dividing his content into small manageable, bite sized nuggets.
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Case study!
Bus 490
How did Khan Academy start? •
In late 2004, Khan began tutoring his cousin Nadia in mathematics using Yahoo!'s Doodle notepad.
•
When other relatives and friends sought similar help, he decided it would be more practical to distribute the tutorials on
YouTube.
•
Khan to quit his job in finance as a hedge fund analyst at
Connective Capital Management in 2009, to focus on the tutorials (then released under the moniker "Khan Academy") full-time. Introduction
•
Khan Academy is a non-profit educational website created in
2006.
•
The website features thousands of educational resources, including a personalised learning dashboard, over 100,000 exercise problems, and over 4000 micro lectures via video tutorials stored on YouTube.
•
All resources are available for free. Khan Academy reaches about 10,000,000 students per month and has delivered over
300,000,000 lessons
Case Overview
•
Salman Khan founded non profit education academy called Khan
Academy in 2006.
•
He is a graduate from MIT and Harvard Business School.
•
The slogan is “A free world class education for anyone & anywhere”. •
The website has 4500 micro lectures and the academy has delivered over 260 Million lessons.
•
Khan Academy founded as a non profit organisation in 2009.
•
The tutorials saw great success with all sorts of people.
•
By 2011 the viewership increased up to 2 million per month.
•
They got 10 million dollar from gates foundation and Google.
•
From the very early stages, many people were impressed by
Salman Khan’s teaching
•
Wife of renewed venture capitalist, John Doerr who later contributed 100.000 Dollar to the foundation.
•
Bill Gates was also impressed and mentioned Khan’s name in the
Aspen Ideas Festival and gave him 1.5 Million dollars.
•
Sal is famous for dividing his content into small manageable, bite sized nuggets.
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