Khan Academy is Amazing!
April 24, 2020

Khan Academy is Amazing!

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Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Khan Academy

Khan Academy is fantastic for supplemental instruction of course material and revisiting of previous material learned, especially in the high school setting. It's free access makes it special, but it is also of a high quality. There are many ways to interact with the course material from completing a whole course in order, mastery tests to determine what you need to learn and specific help with specific topics. They also cover just about any topic need in some way, in addition to helpful life skills like coding and personal finance. It is usually recommended to students through academic support or tutoring. Other individual professors may suggest its use on a case-by-case basis.

Pros

  • User experience and navigation.
  • Short videos that are clear and easy to understand.
  • Breadth and depth of information.

Cons

  • Expand info for younger kids.
  • Expand college level offerings.
  • The videos could be more visually dynamic.
  • Totally positive because it's free.
  • All you have to do is use it!
  • Nothing to risk!
This is nothing similar to Khan Academy that I know of. It's a complete K-12 education, completely for free. It's not only free but high quality and fun, so much so that I have spent quite a lot of my spare time working through different courses for refreshers or that are of interest to me.
I've only had to seek support one time. There was a glitch in one of my lessons and I submitted an email. The glitch was fixed by support within a few days, but I would've liked for it to be faster. However, I don't have a big complaint there because it is a free service.

Do you think Khan Academy delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Khan Academy's feature set?

Yes

Did Khan Academy live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Khan Academy go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Khan Academy again?

Yes

In a college setting, it's great for supplemental help on lower-level subjects or a refresher on high school subjects. I recommend it to my freshmen in "welcome to college" type of course. In K-12, it can serve as supplemental instruction (teachers can create lesson plans for their students) as a good way to differentiate and bring in technology. It can also be great to recommend at home. I believe in its power enough that it could be a primary vehicle for homeschooling through at least 8th grade and maybe into high school.

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