Intro to Learning from Youtube

First installment of Learning from YouTube

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• MediaPraxisme
• Alex
• Juhasz
• Learning
• YouTube
• Pitzer
• College
• MS135

[velvetsmog]

YouTube is a distraction from the intellectual rigors of college, not a substitute for it.

[MediaPraxisme]

I agree that most of us use YouTube as a distraction, but need it be, could we use it otherwise, and what does it tell us about a society organized more and more around distractions rather than intellectual rigor.

[robhaerr]

You can make YouTube as "radical" as you want as you create your own YouTube community. As you create video and search for content where your interests lie...your value for YouTube will be determined.

[MediaPraxisme]

I think that there are websites that are much more agile at building and maintaining community, as well as deep and connected dialogue than YouTube. The scale of the site, as well as its search tools, make sustaining community difficult.

[jhoward70]

excellent idea. I'll be folloowoing this with interest. I appreciate your emphasis on access/control/ modes of learning and so much more.

[MediaPraxisme]

After two classes (#2 to be posted shortly on the group page) it's REALLY clear to me how these ideas emerge naturally from the strange structure of the class; less clear if I can make strong or focused learning experiences from the many strands of complex ideas that arise at any moment or interaction in the class.

[BigHashTouraj]

lol how can she say youtube college and class in one same sentence with a straight face? now that's a skill I would love to learn.

[diegosemerene]

She's a professor, not a TV anchor. She's a real person.

[diegosemerene]

And is there no knowledge and skill-building in "play"?

[jiha003]

so, we (globally) join a course, we pay for the course, we pay for broadband, we study towards certificated exams/assignments from your lectures. College student watch the lesson/lecture in class at their computers or big screen shared with all. There is no instant dialogue with the teacher. Think I would like it connected to Moodle. Class teachers will have your notes for further class discussions and links for research. I'm keeping an open mind. Hope I don't get bored.

[munkbutt]

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[trextor]

hrmm, have a look at what BigThink is doing.

Also, I think you'd have more success using an audio only medium (e.g. podcasts). Videos actually need to be engaging and classroom videos simply aren't.

Here's something to try: Find the most engaging professor at the institution, record a video of them, and put it up on YouTube.

I'm willing to bet it's still not the same as actually being there, which is why I'd recommend audio-only.

[scottfunkhouser]

This reminds me of elementary school where some of the classes were really just play times.

I do not understand why people pay to get a degree from Pitzer. The place is nothing but a Communist indoctrination camp. Do a google search on "Alan Jones Pitzer" to see what kind of people are running that place (Jones is Dean of Faculty).

[laciemn]

Try to omit ums and like and unnecessary words when you're trying to talk to an audience on youtube. Way too many ums, it makes it really hard to pay attention

[nateobuf2]

Interesting conceptual format...the notion of utilizing YouTube as a pedagogical tool is intriguing. The experiential approach that you are proposing is full of possibility and intriguing points of departure for discussion. Can you post your overall findings from this course? I also like your notion of knowledge production from "experts" and knowledge production from students/learners. There is a potential rupture of quotidian dialogue that is emerging from your curriculum.