January 29, 2008
Professors on YouTube, Take 2
Since writing about how professors are finding celebrity on YouTube, several people wrote in to point us to other efforts to offer lecture videos online. So here are a couple of more, with some updates on what they are up to:
* Research Channel: This non-profit consortium of colleges and universities broadcasts video of campus lectures and presentations in a variety of formats. Its largest reach comes from its satellite and cable-TV channel, which reaches more than 30-million homes in the U.S. But the group has long had a Web presence as well, and its leaders say the online audience is growing rapidly. Amy Philipson, executive director of Research Channel, says to look for the channel to offer its videos on YouTube soon. And she says they’ve recently set up a page on iTunesU, the educational section of Apple’s iTunes Store.
* UChannel: Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs runs this Web-video network that pulls together audio and video recordings of campus talks. The effort started back in 2005. Donna M. Liu, director for strategic initiatives for Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School, says that UChannel was on YouTube long before the University of California at Berkeley set up its channel there. And the group even offers a Facebook application that pops lecture videos into your online social profile.
* DoFlick: On a much, much smaller scale, recent graduates of the University of Maryland at College Park set up this site featuring instructional videos about science and engineering. One of the founders, Luis Corzo, says the site is getting about 5,000 to 10,000 visits per month. One of the stars of the site so far is Richard E. Berg, a professor of practice at College Park who produces videos of physics demonstrations.
Finally, I produced a short video report with footage from some of lectures featured in my previous article.
What’s your favorite lecture video online? —Jeffrey R. Young
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There are also online lectures that are essentially slideshows with narration. Here are a couple of mine: http://pages.towson.edu/duncan/brittene/brittene.htm
http://pages.towson.edu/duncan/IELanguageTree.htm
— Edwin Duncan Jan 30, 11:16 AM #
Are you interested in resources such as YouTube, TeacherTube, Think Big, the Research Channel, UChannel, CurrentTV, the BBC News and Video, CNN online, etc. for education? How might YouTube be used as an instructional tool in the classroom? What motivates people to view, share, comment on, or create YouTube videos? What are the instructional design principles of an effective YouTube video? When do students watch them and how long should they be? If interested in any or all of these questions, you might participate in our research on this; see http://trainingshare.com/video/. We are reviewing the motivational elements of 60 popular YouTube videos in education, technology, comedy, politics and news, art and entertainment, and sports. A list of these videos and the goals of the research are at: http://travelinedman.blogspot.com/2007/09/popular-youtube-video-survey-research.html
as well as at:
http://travelinedman.blogspot.com/2007/12/join-my-new-facebook-group-for-youtube.html. If you are interested in the results of this research, or any research in this area, you can also join our group in Facebook, entitled, “Bonkian Researchian YouTubian.” See http://indiana.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6703696942. Participate and you have a chance to win an iPod or iPhone.
— Curt Bonk Jan 31, 01:03 AM #