Having met Mr. Salman Khan online during my first semester at CMU I was ecstatic to know there was someone out there who will tutor me at any time of the night and day and really make it worth my educational while. My enthusiasm was sky high and my confidence was restored.
Pause, play..rewind.
1 man, 1 computer, 10 million students. To me that is sheer brilliance and I highly benefited from this mans efforts. Even the simplicity of drawing a supply demand graph. I did not know where to begin! Going back to school at a much later age and never taking an economics class in undergrad was a wake up call. I needed something and I needed it fast!
The business model was simple yet effective and now such models are taking on larger efforts in other ways.
Exposing education to the world is one thing, making it available to those who are in remote locations is another. IDEO.org has partnered with Digital Green and are helping farmers become more aware of general gardening practices, ones that will enable them to be successful at their own trait and flourish with the crop financially.
https://www.ideo.org/stories/kicking-off-with-digital-green
Rural India is the foundation of farmland, the trade is handed down from generation to generation. Some kids leave home to work in the 'big city' while others remain only to provide comfort and support to their roots. Being a very 'green' project, its effectiveness has already provided more enthusiasm for these farmers to learn, but also grow with each season. With tools and software showing the farmers the basics to new farmland care, this effort is enabling each farmer to save time and money and most importantly to share their own trade secrets with others. Sharing of knowledge and accessibility of that knowledge will make this effort similar to Salman Khans, Khan Academy.
People have a tendency to give up and move on, but if there are resources present and a strong team devoted to the effort then the possibilities are endless as are the farmlands of rural India.
Pause, play..rewind.
1 man, 1 computer, 10 million students. To me that is sheer brilliance and I highly benefited from this mans efforts. Even the simplicity of drawing a supply demand graph. I did not know where to begin! Going back to school at a much later age and never taking an economics class in undergrad was a wake up call. I needed something and I needed it fast!
The business model was simple yet effective and now such models are taking on larger efforts in other ways.
Exposing education to the world is one thing, making it available to those who are in remote locations is another. IDEO.org has partnered with Digital Green and are helping farmers become more aware of general gardening practices, ones that will enable them to be successful at their own trait and flourish with the crop financially.
https://www.ideo.org/stories/kicking-off-with-digital-green
Rural India is the foundation of farmland, the trade is handed down from generation to generation. Some kids leave home to work in the 'big city' while others remain only to provide comfort and support to their roots. Being a very 'green' project, its effectiveness has already provided more enthusiasm for these farmers to learn, but also grow with each season. With tools and software showing the farmers the basics to new farmland care, this effort is enabling each farmer to save time and money and most importantly to share their own trade secrets with others. Sharing of knowledge and accessibility of that knowledge will make this effort similar to Salman Khans, Khan Academy.
People have a tendency to give up and move on, but if there are resources present and a strong team devoted to the effort then the possibilities are endless as are the farmlands of rural India.
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