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Khan Academy

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What is Khan Academy?

Khan Academy is a non-profit organization headquartered in Palo Alto that offers free online course content for students.

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Khan Academy - Online Learning

Incentivized
Sixto Quesada
Account Manager in Customer Service at Partner Hero (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using it to learn new skills. It is not a mandated use, but everyone can jump in to expand their knowledge on anything work-related or not. We got the freedom to choose whatever topic or subject that we want to learn. Some of my coworkers are using it to learn more about their finance and how to manage that. I prefer to expand my computer science skills.

Pros

  • Has a very good structure to pace yourself
  • Explains very well what are you going to learn at every step

Cons

  • Some of the video links are not embedded in the webpage.

Most Important Features

  • It's free for the basic courses.
  • It's very user friendly.

Return on Investment

  • It's has helped a lot of my coworkers to grasp some basic finance and computer science stuff when previously they have no idea.

Other Software Used

Udemy for Business

Great for High School Students

Incentivized
william Lewis
Procurment rep at Eastman Chemical (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Khan Academy in a very diverse set of ways. I take classes to beef up my knowledge of math and economic principals to solve real world problems in supply and demand. I use Khan academy to make me more effective in my use of computer software such as excel for data modeling in my organization and to make myself more marketable in the jobs market.

Pros

  • Detailed training videos
  • Great practice questions
  • Detailed analysis of problems and answers

Cons

  • I would like to see the lessons beefed up and made longer
  • Tie in more real world examples from industries
  • Add more work related functions and certifications

Most Important Features

  • Free of charge
  • diverse set of learning oppourtunities
  • Great instructors

Return on Investment

  • Postive return on investment
  • trained me on excel to be more efficient
  • helped me to solve problems in the real world.

Alternatives Considered

Coursera

Knowledgable Platform

Incentivized
Leslie MedranoView profile
Criminal Justice Major at University of Texas at San Antonio (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

This platform has help me get educated in a variety of different areas. I have used this platform when ever I needed help in math class in college and it really allowed me to grasp each lesson that I had a hard time understanding. Khan Academy is a great way for students to practice any course materials.

Pros

  • Informative
  • Reliable
  • Tutoring

Cons

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Most Important Features

  • Course Materials
  • Practice
  • Instruction Videos

Return on Investment

  • Knowledge
  • Good Grades
  • Full understanding of materials

Alternatives Considered

Asana, Proctor360, Ahrefs, Semrush, Mailchimp, Keap and GTmetrix

You Khan Do It!

Incentivized
Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Khan Academy is an excellent resource. We use it internally for quick training, answering questions, figuring out odd issues, or just learning something new when things are slow. The lessons are easy to follow and usually interactive, especially for things like SQL learning. Our favorite feature of the tool is its price: free!

Pros

  • The UI is great and easy to use.
  • There is a broad selection of courses, subjects, and instructors.
  • The classroom integration option is awesome.

Cons

  • While the UI is easy to use, it is quite simple, meaning it doesn't seem as refined as something like Lynda.
  • Since there is a big focus on K-12 learning, it is sometimes difficult to find relevant adult learning courses.
  • I would like at least one or two specialized courses in each subject. For example, in world history, it would be nice to see a specialized course in Europe.

Most Important Features

  • Accessibility
  • Ease of use.
  • Price

Return on Investment

  • Since this is a free platform, the ROI is limited only by the time put into learning a subject.
  • A downside to this course-style learning is the inability to have a specific question answered, or quickly learn a specific task in a software program. It is designed to build your knowledge of a topic one step at a time.
  • A positive to this style of learning is you gain much more knowledge of a topic vs. a single piece of information or a single skill.

Alternatives Considered

Udemy for Business and LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)

Other Software Used

LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com), Udemy for Business

Khan Academy is adaptable and efficient -- give it a try!

Incentivized
Verified User
Professional (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Khan Academy is a great tool that we use to freshen up on old topics and learn brand new topics. We will continue to use Khan Academy, and we hope it will improve the knowledge base of our staff. That is the focus of our use of Khan Academy at this time.

Pros

  • E-learning
  • Exposure to new topics
  • Expanding knowledge

Cons

  • Better organization of topical areas
  • More business topics
  • More interactive videos

Most Important Features

  • Adaptability
  • Ease of use
  • Price

Return on Investment

  • Improved employee outcomes
  • Enhanced knowledge
  • More efficient onboarding