![]() ![]() He saw problems in education and began to wonder what he could do to help. Khan, who was a hedge fund analyst at the time that he began making the videos, realized that the videos he meant for his cousin were helping other people as well “It was very strange for me to do something of social value (Let’s Use, 5:15).” Khan may have thought it was strange to be creating social value, but he enjoyed doing it. One mother commented, “My son has autism and has had a terrible time with math, the videos help him to understand it (Let’s Use, 4:50).” Another student commented that, after watching Khan’s videos, he smiled for the first time doing a derivative (Let’s use, 4:00). Then other people, who Khan did not know, left comments on his videos, expressing how much the videos helped their understanding of math concepts. ![]() Other family and friends began to use the videos and software as well, and soon Khan’s tutoring group was made of about ten students(See Appendix B to watch a Khan Academy video). ![]() He also started making videos and posting them on YouTube so that Nadia could go back to them if she needed a refresher on concepts (Khan, 28). They began over the phone, and soon after, Khan made software to generate practice problems for his cousin to use until she mastered a concept (See Appendix A to try a few practice problems)(Khan, 135). Salman Khan, a graduate of MIT, volunteered to tutor his younger cousin Nadia in math long distance. Inspired by his school experience and testimonies he received from people who found his videos online, Khan has overcome many hurdles to expand his dream of “creating something enduring and transformative, an institution for the world that could last hundreds of years and help us fundamentally rethink how schooling might be done (Khan, 6).” While pursuing this goal, Khan has followed utilitarian ethics by considering the consequences that Khan Academy has on many people including students, teachers, parents, and schools in order to create an education program with the most benefit for everyone. What started as individual tutoring sessions between Khan and his cousin has turned into a worldwide organization focused on improving education. ![]() “We want to change education for the better by providing a free world-class education for anyone anywhere.” This is the ambitious mission of Khan Academy, a not-for-profit organization officially founded in 2008 by Salman Khan. ![]()
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