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YouTube EDU Launches, So Go Learn Something

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So why didn't you link us to it then?

http://www.youtube.com/edu

Good point. I'll make sure to do that next time.

It has a terrible name considering you can't access it through http://YouTube.EDU.

Isn't that tld only available to educational institutions? Although I guess it all depends on how you fine that term. Edit: actually, .edu is only for accredited 4-year universities as determined by the USA. http://net.educause.edu/edudomain/

Not true as our local community college has a .edu. It just has to be postsecondary.

An issue with all these Web sites is that they provide mostly just videos and Web boards. If we want to make a real difference in student's lives and spark a significant improvement in our education systems, the system designer needs to think much more thoroughly about how people learn.

Moreover, designing such a system effectively requires collaboration with experts who have real-world experience improving students' results.

So what's a better alternative?

I've given the topic much thoughts over the years. (I am Com Sci masters grad, but I've taught, created learning media, and written books on the topic of learning and education). A more detailed proposal I created can be found here:

Global Learning Platform http://nopinsight.wordpress.com/ http://nopinsight.wordpress.com/about/glp-in-more-depth/

I'm incredibly curious so I love these resources but it's getting overwhelming. - YouTube EDU - iTunes U - http://ted.com - http://fora.tv/ - http://www.biggerthinking.com

Another great source of university video lectures (one of the best) is: http://academicearth.org/

I agree. While I like that YouTube EDU has lots of classes, it just doesn't match Academic Earth for the organization. YouTube EDU seems to rely more on search, but Academic Earth has a well-structured taxonomy that makes more sense to me in an academic setting. With more sites out there like this, this should only increase the bar so that we end up with better resources.

Yea I have thought about writing an aggrigator, but video isn't like a webpage, it might be hard to index the videos. After that they all have there own way of embedding. Also they all have there own way of determing if something is good or bad. I don't know seems like things need to converge a bit more. Or someone needs to figure out the backdoor.

Google Video as a search engine for videos never gained habitual use. That's a wide open market.

I am working on this.

It's a shame...nay, crime that most k12 schools block youtube indiscriminately.

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