KHAN ACADEMY

 Khan Academy (on line)

Es una organización educativa sin ánimo de lucro1 y un sitio web creado en 2006 por el educador estadounidense2 Salman Khan, egresado del Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts y de la Universidad de Harvard.

Con la misión de "proporcionar una educación de nivel mundial para cualquier persona, en cualquier lugar", es una organización de aprendizaje electrónico en línea gratuita con más de 4.300 vídeos dirigidos a escolares de enseñanza primaria y secundaria sobre matemáticas, biología, química, física, e incluso de humanidades como finanzas o historia.

Khan Academy inició un módulo de ciencias de la computación en septiembre de 2012 Los vídeos de la Khan Academy han sido vistos más de 235 millones de veces Los vídeos originales están en inglés y están adaptados al sistema educativo estadounidense. Sin embargo, en 2013, ya había más de 1000 vídeos de la Academia Khan doblados, narrados y adaptados al español.8 Hay asimismo vídeos doblados a otras lenguas.

El fundador de la organización, Salman Khan, hijo de madre india y padre bangladeshí, residentes en Nueva Orleans, Luisiana, Estados Unidos Su padre es de Barisal, Bangladés Después de obtener tres títulos en el Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts (una licenciatura en matemáticas, una en ingeniería eléctrica y ciencias de la computación, y una maestría en ingeniería eléctrica y ciencias de la computación), comenzó un MBA de la Universidad de Harvard. A finales de 2004, Khan comenzó ayudando a su prima Nadia con una tutoría en matemáticas utilizando una herramienta de Yahoo!. Cuando los familiares y amigos pidieron ayuda similar, decidió que sería más práctico distribuir los tutoriales en YouTube.

Khan Academy junto con Coursera, Wedubox, edX y Udacity son los pioneros de la revolución de la educación virtual.

Is a non-profit educational organization created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan to provide "a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere". The organization produces micro lectures in the form of YouTube videos. In addition to micro lectures, the organization's website features practice exercises and tools for educators. All resources are available for free to anyone around the world.

The founder of the organization, Salman Khan, was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to a father from Barisal, Bangladesh, and mother from Calcutta, India. After earning three degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (a BS in mathematics, a M.Sc. in electrical engineering and computer science, and an MEng in electrical engineering and computer science) he pursued an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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. Their popularity there and the testimonials of appreciative students prompted Khan to quit his job in finance as a hedge fund analyst at Connective Capital Management in 2009, and focus on the tutorials (then released under the moniker "Khan Academy") full-time.

The project is funded by donations. Khan Academy is a 501 not-for-profit organization, now with significant backing from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Ann and John Doerr, the Brazil-based Lemann Foundation, and Google. In 2010, Google announced it would give the Khan Academy $2 million for creating more courses and for translating the core library into the world’s most widely spoken languages, as part of their Project 10100. In 2012, Google's first employee, Craig Silverstein, left there and joined the Khan Academy. In 2013, the Mexico-based Carlos Slim Foundation made a donation to Khan Academy to expand its Spanish library of videos.

In the beginning, Khan Academy offered videos mostly about mathematics. Thanks to donations, Khan Academy has been able to expand its faculty and offer courses about history, healthcare, medicine, finance, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, cosmology, American civics, art history, economics, music, computer programming and computer science. In addition to faculty, the organization has a network of content specialists.

Khan Academy also has thousands of resources translated into other languages. It launched the Spanish version of the website in September 2013. It is supported by partners and volunteers in languages including Indonesian, German, Spanish, Czech, French, Italian, Swahili, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Xhosa, Greek, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam, and Chinese. Khan Academy also has a Brazilian Portuguese version of its website. As of June 2014, Khan Academy's website has been translated to 23 languages and its videos to 65.

The Khan Academy started with Khan remotely tutoring one of his cousins interactively using Yahoo! Doodle images. Based on feedback from his cousin, additional cousins began to take advantage of the interactive, remote tutoring. In order to make better use of his and their time, Khan transitioned to making YouTube video tutorials. Drawings are now made with a Wacom tablet and the free natural drawing application SmoothDraw, and recorded with screen capture software from Camtasia Studio.

All videos (hosted via YouTube) are available through Khan Academy's own website (khanacademy.org), which also contains many other features such as progress tracking, practice exercises, and a variety of tools for teachers in public schools. Logging into the site can be done via a Google or a Facebook account for those who do not want to create a separate Khan Academy account. The material can also be accessed through Khan Academy's own mobile applications, which can be found free of charge in App Store and Windows Store.

The videos show step-by-step doodles and diagrams on an electronic blackboard. Not-for-profit groups have distributed offline versions of the videos to rural areas in Asia, Latin America, and Africa.

Khan Academy also provides an adaptive web-based exercise system that generates problems for students based on skill and performance. Khan believes his academy presents an opportunity to overhaul the traditional classroom by using software to create tests, grade assignments, highlight the challenges of certain students, and encourage those doing well to help struggling classmates. The tutorials are touted as helpful because, among other factors, they can be paused by students while classroom lectures can not.

Khan Academy has been criticized because Salman Khan does not have a background in pedagogy. Statements made in some videos have also been questioned. In response to these criticisms, the organization has fixed errors in its videos, expanded its faculty and built a network of content specialists.

In 2010, Khan Academy introduced badges as part of a program to promote gamification of learning. There are currently 6 types.

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.

In 2013, the Mexico-based Carlos Slim Foundation made a donation to Khan Academy to expand its Spanish library of videos.

Khan was one of five winners of the 2014 Heinz Award. His award was in the area of "Human Condition."

In July 2014, the U.S. Department of Education launched a $3 million randomized-control trial to gauge the effectiveness of Khan Academy. The trial will focus on mathematics and will take place during the 2015–2016 school year.