According to the analysis, the success of Khan Academy is a challenge to the current education system. According to YouTube statistics, Khan's courses are more popular than the free online courses made by his alma mater, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Many online courses in universities only film the process of professors' class, emphasizing "teaching"; Khan's teaching videos highlight the process of "learning". Some media pointed out that the "sweat mode" makes people question many "two truths" of higher education-whether only experts are the best teachers, and whether an hour or so is the most appropriate for each class ... Now there are also video classes in American education, but the effect has been poor. Students face a computer alone and have limited communication with teachers. Today, two schools in California, USA, tried out the teaching video of Khan Academy in the fifth and seventh grades. Students watch videos at home and teach themselves. Teachers answer questions in class and help students finish their homework. Khan said that this is exactly what he wants to see: "My goal is to make a video course that everyone is willing to follow. I am very happy to see people enter universities or get good grades with the help of Khan Academy. " Khan's next goal is to produce all the courses from kindergarten to high school and some university courses, such as computer science and electronic engineering, in the next five years.
However, some people have pointed out the shortcomings of the "sweat mode". Walter Skada, a professor of education at the University of Miami, believes that Khan's teaching method is "oversimplified". "He always uses concrete examples to explain concepts. If people encounter other examples, they may be confused ... This seems to be a small problem, but it may lay a hidden danger for future study. " But in any case, Khan gave "family education" to those who are eager for knowledge for free with the help of the Internet, which really gave more enlightenment to modern education.
Today, Khan has established an educational public welfare organization based on Khan Academy, the main purpose of which is to use online movies to teach for free. There are more than 2,000 teaching films covering mathematics, history, finance, physics, chemistry, biology and astronomy. The mission of this organization is to speed up the learning of students of all ages. Khan's career has been recognized by more and more society. The material support that followed made this free website more active. On the one hand, due to the extremely high number of teaching videos, Khan can get about $2,000 (about 6.5438+0.3 million yuan) of advertising share from YouTube every month. On the other hand, many students send him money spontaneously, ranging from tens of dollars to 10 thousand dollars. It is reported that Dole, a famous American venture capitalist, and his wife donated $654.38 million+to him. Khan used the money to translate the existing videos into Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese and other languages 10, and hired some assistants.
In 2009, "Khan Academy" was awarded the education award in "Microsoft Technology Award". He himself has therefore become the target of media pursuit. In 20 10, "Khan Academy" received two important donations: one was $6.5438+$5,000 from Bill Gates' charity fund, and the other was $2 million sponsored by Google.