Case study: Khan Academy

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Khan Academy Giorgio Sironi (Nest Group)

Structure of the presentation

Case Study: Ex: Chocolat 3B

Description: Service, Target users, Main actors, Didactic objective, Business model

Screenshot Homepage + at least 4 significant screenshots showing significant features/IT Tools/Technologies Web 2.0 used

Strenghts, Weaknesses

Conclusions and take away

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Description

Service: educational videos for delivering content

Platform for exercises

Platform for coachingTracking of students and their history as they change tutors

Tracking of topics and their reception by the class

Description

UsersK-12 students

Adults

Main actorsContent creator (Salman Khan)

Platform creators (rockstar developers hired by the foundation)

Coaches: teachers who use the platform as main support

Description

Didactic objective: deliver contentat the student's pace and with possibility of replay

at the student's time and will

and provide exercises targeting excellence

Business modelIt's a foundation! (IRS-recognized 501c3)

Donation from Google, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...

Homepage

Homepage

Video explanations of different depths2' introductions

TED talk

Promoters are shownBill Gates

Google

Curricula

Curricula

Variety of subjectsMathematics

Scientific subjects

Economics and finance

WeaknessesHumanities (History, Literature)

Soft skills (writing)

Videos

Videos

Videos

YouTube hostingOutsourcing lowers costs

FeaturesCategorization

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 archiveThe student has to get 10 in a row correcttargets mastery

Coaching

Coaching

Enables usage also in classroomsStudentsKnowledge map

Video progress

Exercises progress

TeachersTracking of students in time

Profile of students when they where with another teacher

Progress of the single student on a single topic

Strengths & weaknesses

Comprehensive and consistent video content

Strong platform being built by some of the best developers in the world

No monetization: costs are high

Conclusions & take-aways

Take-awaysVideos 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 resourcesTeacher stays with students currently left behind

Teacher can discover the problematic areas automatically

Proficient students (on a given topic) can tutor the others

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