Khan Academy

KHAN ACADEMY

It’s intriguing to know how people associated with the market having long and mentally drenching working hours can take time out for an entirely socially benefiting agenda. We are talking about khan academy started by Salman Khan, a space online for quality education.

The mission of this portal is to educate as many people it can around the globe on a no profit basis. The idea came to Salman when he used to tutor his cousins online; they benefitted a lot from those. Slowly his portal became common among a lot of parents and teachers this was mostly due to the way things were explained and the infrastructure on the site. Students can watch, pause and re-watch as many times as they wish to; this gives them a better understanding of the subject. This is when salman quit his job and started khan academy full time. The way the students are tested about their understanding is amazing, they are given ample time to absorb the material and have a firm grip on the fundamentals. The student teacher interaction is an area which required more time then what it is given so automatically when the time devoted to students increased their understanding also increased and the entire data of which videos were seen by the student to which problems he attempted to the problems faced by him is recorded and sent to the person in charge. The innovation at teaching level is minimal it’s just how beautifully the time devoted to them has been increased is what is amusing.

The organisation skills have come into play beautifully, the information was always there in the book and on the internet but the intelligent assortment was definitely lacking previously, the way the matter has been brought up goes to show the clarity of the idea in the persons mind. The knowledge has imparted and along with it a check has been carried out as to how much the student is holding on to, if not clear then a process is started to take care of the scenario, not only is the assessment taken but the data is also generated which can be very helpful when human efforts are made to guide the student. We can easily associate this with our theory Y managers who have a positive mind set about his team irrespective of their efforts or results; the particular has been desighened in such a way that maximum efforts can be extracted from the child.
The blocks of the building have to be put  to place in a very subtle way, especially the first few. as we see in khan academy the motive behind the project was not money or fame it was pure passion and a will to teach hence the first few bricks were built with a mission of excellence and innovation these provided a very strong base to the project and now its getting into good shape. 

The ever shrinking world has just become smaller at this site as we see the viewership has almost no bias and the data is available to one and all. It must be kept in mind that even the non profit organisation when fully grown can have a high evaluation and could help the beneficiaries go a long way.