Tour of the Khan Academy student experience

TL;DR

Khan Academy provides a learner-centered platform where students can access assignments, track their progress, and engage in personalized learning.

Transcript

• [Kim] Hi, I'm Kim from Khan Academy, and I'm here with Meaghan, who leads U.S. Teacher Education. Hi, Meaghan. - [Meaghan] Hi, Kim. In this video, we are going to walk you through the Khan Academy learner or student experience. - [Kim] So, Meaghan, who is considered a learner on Khan Academy? - [Meaghan] At Khan Academy, we believe that everyone ... Read More

Key Insights

• 🧑‍🏫 Khan Academy considers everyone, including teachers, as learners.
• 🧑‍🎓 The Learner Home is the central hub for students, displaying assignments, course mastery goals, and progress tracking.
• 🧑‍🎓 Students can access learning materials, practice exercises, and assessments to improve their skills.
• 👾 Mastery challenges provide students with opportunities for personalized, spaced repetition of previously learned skills.
• 🧑‍🎓 Khan Academy assesses skill levels and provides visual cues for students to track their progress.
• 🧑‍🏫 Teachers can access the same progress reports and use them for student-teacher conferencing.
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Assignments are organized on the Learner homepage, indicating their due date and completion status.

Questions & Answers

Q: How can teachers better understand the student experience on Khan Academy?

Teachers can log into their Khan Academy account, select the Learner Home from the drop-down menu, and explore the various features and tools available to students. They can see the assignments, course mastery goals, and track students' progress through the Progress tab.

Q: How does Khan Academy assess students' proficiency in the skills they're learning?

Khan Academy assesses students' skill levels by designating them as attempted, familiar, proficient, or mastered. This designation is reflected in the teacher progress reports and can be quickly understood by looking at the tower visual next to each skill. Mastery is achieved by completing assessments in a mixed skill context.

Q: What are mastery challenges on Khan Academy?

Mastery challenges are opportunities for students to review and practice previously learned skills in a course. They unlock after achieving familiarity in at least three skills and continue to unlock every 12 hours. Mastery challenges promote personalized, spaced repetition to enhance knowledge retention and minimize learning loss.

Q: How do students know which assignments to complete on Khan Academy?

Students can access assignments from the Learner homepage under each class. The assignments are listed based on their due date, with active assignments at the top. Students can see the assignment title, due date, and its completion status. They can click on the assignment to start working on it.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• Khan Academy believes that everyone is a learner, and teachers can also use the platform to enhance their own learning experience.

• The Learner Home serves as the student's homepage, where they can find assignments, course mastery goals, and track their progress.

• Students can access learning materials such as articles and videos, practice skills through exercises and assessments, and level up through mastery challenges.