Synopsis |
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The Khan Academy is a set of freely accessible online video-centric learning resources, principally focusing on declarative and procedural knowledge, covering a wide range of subjects at levels suitable for school-aged and adult learners. Learning analytics figures in three ways: as the engine for services offered by the Khan Academy through the web pages; as access to data for analytics processes undertaken by third parties; and as a means of continuous design enhancement. Khan Academy provides information to teachers/coaches on individual and class-level performance. This provides summary estimates of effort, engagement, and difficulty with the material. The learning materials are mapped to a set of skills, with various mastery levels for each; the teacher/coach can drill-down to this level and use the information on progress or difficulty to recommend materials for follow-on or under-pinning skills, or to instigate an alternative learning activity (e.g. outside Khan Academy). Khan Academy provides a dashboard for learners and this shows progress against skills (as for the teacher/coach) and activity pattern in time and against different skills. Data access by third parties is via a web-standards based API and gives differentiated access according to the data type. Video, playlist, topic/skill maps, and exercise data is open access. User-level activity and progress logs are secured, requiring login and authorisation. |
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Classification |
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Inventory type: |
general analytics tool (access to the API), learner support tool, smart system |
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Role of analytics: |
adaptation, description, modelling, recommendation, summarisation, visualisation |
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Data sources: |
uses own data
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Tool in Context |
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Learning: |
Informal, post-compulsory, school, VET |
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Supply model: |
Privately hosted software: free access |
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Origin: |
Khan Academy: non-profit |
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Ethics and privacy: |
Khan Academy is a Student Privacy Pledge signatory and has a public statement of privacy principles, including how data is collected, how it is used, retention, sharing, and user control. They make explicit reference to child users. |
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Languages: |
There are separate versions of the Khan Academy site in English, French, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish. Content is available in over 30 languages |
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Maturity and Evidence of Utility |
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The data-centred services offered by Khan Academy have continued to evolve with analytics on service usage being a significant source of evidence in the development. There are numerous examples of use worldwide. |
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