

“When I make a video, I talk to students just like I’d talk to Nadia – not like I’m giving a lecture. That way, his cousins could watch the lessons whenever they needed to. Scheduling became a challenge, so Salman began recording his lessons and posting them on YouTube in 2006. To help her practice, he created software on to give her practice problems and feedback.Īs Nadia improved, Salman started tutoring more and more cousins.


In 2004, Salman Khan started tutoring his cousin Nadia in math via telephone. In our conversation with Salman Khan, Founder and Executive Director of Khan Academy, where he speaks about his journey of building digital classrooms and his vision. Their subjects include math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. Khan Academy specializes in a personalized learning dashboard that empowers learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.
