Khan Academy

Target SDGs

Target Users (Target Impact Group)

Household

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

Online

Competitive Landscape

Direct competitors include Future School.

Manufacturing/Building Method

N/A

Intellectural Property Type

Trademark

User Provision Model

Users can acquire this product by entering Khan Academy's web site, downloading their mobile app (available for iOS and android), or accessing their Youtube channel.

Distributions to Date Status

As of 2020, the platform has reached 70 million registered users across the globe.

Design Specifications

Khan academy is an online education platform that provides free courses on multiples subjects such as math, history, science, and more. The platform has 3 main targets, students, teachers, and parents. Students can select, receive assignments, and track the status of their courses.  Teachers can assign courses for their students and track their status. And parents can create accounts for their children and control their progress in the selected courses. This product has a web version, and a mobile app (available on iOS, and Android). the users can also access the content in their youtube channels.

Product Schematics

Technical Support

Provided by the developers.

Replacement Components

N/A

Lifecycle

N/A

Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters

Khan Academy aims to deliver free education to everyone, everywhere.

Vetted Performance Status

• Students who complete 60% of their grade-level math on Khan Academy experience 1.8 times their expected growth on the NWEA MAP Test, a popular assessment test.
• 20 hours of practice is associated with a 115-point average score increase from the PSAT/NMSQT to the SAT, nearly double the average gain of students who do not practice on Official SAT Practice.
• Khan Academy reduces the number of remedial courses students need to take.
• Student performance in algebra increases from the 76th percentile to the 94th percentile.
• Students using Khan Academy experience double the growth of their peers.

Safety

N/A

Complementary Technical Systems

N/A

Academic Research and References

Compliance with regulations

Unknown

Evaluation methods

Different methods are used such as the improvement on test scores, Khan Academy has information available on several case studies.

Other Information

Khan Academy has gained recognition both nationally and internationally:

• Bill Gates spoke about Khan Academy at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
• In 2010, Google's Project 10¹⁰⁰ provided $2 million to support the creation of more courses, to allow for translation of the Khan Academy's content, and to allow for the hiring of additional staff.
• In November 2011, the Khan Academy received a $5 million grant from the Ireland-based O'Sullivan Foundation.
• In April 2012, the founder and executive director of Khan Academy, Salman Khan, was listed among the Time 100 Most Influential People for 2012.
• Khan was one of five winners of the 2014 Heinz Award. His award was in the area of "Human Condition."