Course(s) Offered: Sciences, Technology, Humanities
Course Level: Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Provider: Khan Academy
Course can be taken at: Any country / Online
Course Description
Online learning has grown by leaps and bounds in the last few years. Through online education which is almost always offered free, students anywhere in the world can access high-quality teaching from top-notch academia in almost any field of endeavor.
The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. They say they're a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education for anyone anywhere.
Eligibility
All of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology.
The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.
Eligible groups
Anyone from ANY country with an internet connection
Participating Institutions
Hkan Academy is a global classroom.
You're joining millions of Khan Academy students from all over the world who learn at their own pace every single day.
Feel free to read some of the inspirational stories shared by our global community, and the Academy would love if you shared yours.
Fields of study
Over 3300 videos on several topics and courses in the Sciences, Technology and Humanities.
Their library of videos covers K-12 math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even reaches into the humanities with playlists on finance and history. Other topics are mathematics, history, healthcare, medicine, finance, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, economics, cosmology, organic chemistry, American civics, art history, macroeconomics, microeconomics, and computer science.
Each video is a digestible chunk, approximately 10 minutes long, and especially purposed for viewing on the computer.
Scholarship benefits
How it works for students:
Students can make use of theri extensive video library, interactive challenges, and assessments from any computer with access to the web.
- Complete custom self-paced learning tool
- A dynamic system for getting help
- A custom profile, points, and badges to measure progress
Coaches, parents, and teachers have unprecedented visibility into what their students are learning and doing on the Khan Academy.
- Ability to see any student in detail
- A real-time class report for all students
- Better intelligence for doing targeted interventions
Method of Application
To get started visit the Khan Academy site at the link below
PLEASE NOTE:
Khan Academy is a non-for-profit educational website created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan, a graduate of MIT and Harvard Business School. The stated mission is to provide "a free world-class education for anyone anywhere".
The website features several micro lectures via video tutorials stored on YouTube teaching mathematics, history, healthcare, medicine, finance, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, economics, cosmology, organic chemistry, American civics, art history, macroeconomics, microeconomics, and computer science. Khan Academy has delivered over 300 million lessons.
Contact
You may want to Submit a Comment to the team at Khan Academy.
Application Deadline: Ongoing / Rolling
Open to International students: Yes
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