Nitie-Sahil-Session 2

 Khan Academy

        

Introduction

"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present "

This in itself is a beautiful quote and it relates to every person on the planet Earth. The same thought turned out to be true in case of Salman Khan, the CEO and founder of Khan Academy.

Things that he never planned made his life experience even more beautiful. He is a graduate of MIT and Harvard Business School. The academy was launched in September 2006 and  is a non profit organisation which aims at providing the learning experience online through recorded videos. It has more than 3200 micro lectures through video tutorials available.



Vision

The aim was clearly to make the learning experience more easier and readily available to everyone.
Their vision for Khan Academy in the classroom includes

• Individualizing learning by replacing one-size-fits-all lectures with self-paced learning
• Taking a mastery-based approach to learning critical knowledge and skills (every student takes as long as he/she needs to learn each concept fully)
• Creating collaborative learning environments with students solving problems together and tutoring one another
• Using focused coaching by the teacher to address students' individual needs 
• Providing guidance to the teacher through real-time metrics and reporting on student performance

They believe that teachers can use our resources to meet the needs of all of their students.

Mission

The academy has a clear mission of "providing a high quality education to anyone to anyone, anywhere".

Innovative new generation organisation

The concept of Khan Academy came into existence when he was giving tutions to his cousins through online videos. The videos featured him teaching a particular topic which could be seen by his cousins for learning that particular topic. It was very soon enough that he realised that his cousins preferred him in videos than in person.


This brought a revolutionary change in his mindset. He quickly learned the idea of selling knowledge online without any teacher being available.


The link below shows his experience of starting the venture :


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTFEUsudhfs

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Watch the video below about his experience:

Theory X and Theory Y Applications

Theory X and Theory Y represent two sets of assumptions about human nature and human behavior that are relevant to the practice of management. Theory X represents a negative view of human nature that assumes individuals generally dislike work, are irresponsible, and require close supervision to do their jobs. Theory Y denotes a positive view of human nature and assumes individuals are generally industrious, creative, and able to assume responsibility and exercise self-control in their jobs. One would expect, then, that managers holding assumptions about human nature that are consistent with Theory X might exhibit a managerial style that is quite different than managers who hold assumptions consistent with Theory Y.

The above model of organisation is based on theory Y since it's a non profit educational organisation. Everybody here contributes to the model without any pressure. None is forced to do their work rather they are passionate about their work .They are not forced to do their work rather they contribute to the academy on their own. They work in order to change the educational system for something good.