Summary of Learning from YouTube at the midterm 2

I think she just want's to be loved? As does the class, as does youtube users and provider.

CONTROL WRITING works against the chaotic, undisciplined culture of YouTube and attempts to force structure, and the possibility for building complexity, onto its pages. The significance of discipline for academic work proves the rule. Without it, ideas stay vague and dispersed, there is no system for evaluation, and you cant find things or build upon them. On YouTube it comes across as somewhat School Marmish, yes?

Youtube is a fantastic medium for higher learning and for the distribution of academic or scientific information, just search for the right community and tags.

TOUR #1: EDUCATION. Learning from YouTube begs us to consider what education will/does/should look like as it becomes a more entertaining, public, corporate, digital archive and distribution platform for the uncontrolled expression of amateurs.
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Also, join the tour by adding comments or video responses of your own. Make sure to label them as part of the tour or they might easily become lost in the chaos of YouTube.

I am trying to express that the class has worked hard to successfully hack this site: one not made with us in mind, hardly aware of us, unsupportive of us (which is YouTube's right, their purpose is not to support higher education or sophisticated discourse). It's a credit to my students, really.

The contradiciton between 1 (Youtube is not a good site for higher learning) and 12 (Youtube is a good site for higher learning) is puzzling...self-referentially incoherent? or some post-modern statement? Please clarify.