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
Excellent Teachers
Video-taped lecture
• Speaker focused
• Impersonal
• Not visual
Video-taped lecture
• Speaker focused
• Impersonal
• Not visual
Power-point lecture
• Content focused
• Impersonal
• Boring and confusing
Video-taped lectures
• Speaker focused
• Impersonal
• Not visual
Power-point lectures
• Content focused
• Impersonal
• Boring and confusing
Sal Khan lectures
• Content focused
• Personal
• Clear and fun
2008
• Topics: Math
• YouTube Videos
2008
• Topics: Math
• YouTube Videos
2013
• Topics: Math, Economics, Art
history, Physics, Chemistry,
Health/Medicine
• Khan Academy Tutorials
Tutorials
Tutorials
Video
Tutorials
Tutorials
Exercises
Feedback
Articles
Games
Community
1 Tutorial
1 Tutorial
1 Tutorial
1 Tutorial
Knowledge Map
Tracking progress
Tracking effort
Individuals
Heart introduction
Complete tutorials
Individuals
Muscle contraction
Complete tutorials
Individuals
Complete tutorials
EKGs
Individuals
Complete tutorials
Receive feedback &
recommendations
Coach
Classrooms
Classrooms
• Clinical problem solving
• Debates
• Quality improvement
projects
• Role-playing
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Practice procedures
Patient interviews
Discussions/Reviews
Simulations
Khan Academy
Individuals
Classrooms
• Complete tutorials • Assign tutorials
• Get feedback
• Follow student
progress
• Follow
recommendations • Design in-class
activities
Khan Academy
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Free and online
Jump-in and jump-out
Student driven
Mastery-based
Comprehensive
Peer-reviewed
Engaging and fun
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
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Free and online
Fixed start/end dates
Teacher driven
Completion-based
Not comprehensive
Not peer-reviewed
Variable quality
Cumulative visits to Khan Academy (Millions)
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Scale
>100 million
users to date
>6 million
Unique users / month
May-13
Mar-13
Jan-13
Nov-12
Sep-12
Jul-12
May-12
Mar-12
Jan-12
Nov-11
Sep-11
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>280 million
lessons delivered
>1.2 billion
problems answered
216
countries
>30,000
classrooms
around the world
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
• 50+ languages for videos
• Website translation
• Tutorials
• Reports
• Analytics
Localization
• Contextualize content
• Additional resources
• Classroom activities
Khan Academy Lite
A free, world-class health and
medicine education for
anyone, anywhere
MOOC
Khan Academy
Content
creator
Professor from a branded
university
Anyone (merit-based national
competitions)
Quality
Variable, limited or no quality
control
Strict quality control for both style (Khan
Academy) and accuracy (Faculty)
Variable, largely repurposed
Who is
the learner?
Content
Generated
Scalability
Rapid
Rapid
Topics
Random, 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.
Logistics
Free, globally accessible, start/end
dates (4-8 week courses) – lock
step
Free, globally accessible, start now, selfdirected or mission directed
Learner
Fun 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-tohead studies