Dante
October 4th, 2007, 09:18 PM
Attend College Lectures Via YouTube
Posted Oct 4th 2007 4:22PM by Tom Conlon (http://www.switched.com/bloggers/tom-conlon)
Filed under: Computers (http://www.switched.com/category/computers/), YouTube (http://www.switched.com/category/youtube/)
YouTube (http://www.switched.com/category/youtube/) is kind of like Scrooge McDuck's safe full of gold (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:DTTitle.jpg) coins, except the ocean of gold you're swimming in isn't legal tender -- it's transgender rants about Britney (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=itschriscrocker) and cats facing off against ceiling fans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_esNF24lFT0). As the fourth biggest destination on the entire Web, it's no wonder the site has been accused of enabling global idiocy. But, believe it or not, there are some people out there trying to use the new boob tube to make us all smarter.
UC Berkeley has formally announced a relationship with YouTube (http://slashdot.org/articles/07/10/03/1820243.shtml) that will make more than 300 hours of the university's lectures (http://www.youtube.com/ucberkeley) available online by the end of the year. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean Berkeley undergrads will be able to forgo class, sleep until Miller Time and attend lectures on their own time from the comfort of their dirty sheets. None of the 86 full courses hitting YouTube will be able to be viewed for credit; they're simply there for educational purposes should you ever be interested in watching a 45 minute monologue on Integrative Biology. Incidentally, you wouldn't be alone – the first video in that series has logged more than 7,000 views in the last month.
While there's no official degree in it for you, these videos are basically a way of scoring a free college education -- without any exams or term papers! This whole thing reeks of a modern day version of the 'Mr. Ed' (http://users.aol.com/mwn3/) episode in which the talkative horse trots off to a college every day and listens to lectures through an open window. Cue the hijinks!
From Slashdot (http://slashdot.org/articles/07/10/03/1820243.shtml)
Posted Oct 4th 2007 4:22PM by Tom Conlon (http://www.switched.com/bloggers/tom-conlon)
Filed under: Computers (http://www.switched.com/category/computers/), YouTube (http://www.switched.com/category/youtube/)
YouTube (http://www.switched.com/category/youtube/) is kind of like Scrooge McDuck's safe full of gold (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:DTTitle.jpg) coins, except the ocean of gold you're swimming in isn't legal tender -- it's transgender rants about Britney (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=itschriscrocker) and cats facing off against ceiling fans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_esNF24lFT0). As the fourth biggest destination on the entire Web, it's no wonder the site has been accused of enabling global idiocy. But, believe it or not, there are some people out there trying to use the new boob tube to make us all smarter.
UC Berkeley has formally announced a relationship with YouTube (http://slashdot.org/articles/07/10/03/1820243.shtml) that will make more than 300 hours of the university's lectures (http://www.youtube.com/ucberkeley) available online by the end of the year. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean Berkeley undergrads will be able to forgo class, sleep until Miller Time and attend lectures on their own time from the comfort of their dirty sheets. None of the 86 full courses hitting YouTube will be able to be viewed for credit; they're simply there for educational purposes should you ever be interested in watching a 45 minute monologue on Integrative Biology. Incidentally, you wouldn't be alone – the first video in that series has logged more than 7,000 views in the last month.
While there's no official degree in it for you, these videos are basically a way of scoring a free college education -- without any exams or term papers! This whole thing reeks of a modern day version of the 'Mr. Ed' (http://users.aol.com/mwn3/) episode in which the talkative horse trots off to a college every day and listens to lectures through an open window. Cue the hijinks!
From Slashdot (http://slashdot.org/articles/07/10/03/1820243.shtml)