Most people are familiar with YouTube through viewing videos there or perhaps posting a video. A professor at a college in California has created a course to “explore the role of the popular site.” Begin your assignment by going to the link below and read the brief article. Next, go to the link at the end of the article and view Intro to Learning from YouTube video and another video from the class. Read the comments below the videos. Write a reflective comment about the article and the class.
What value do you see in having a class like this? Would you take this class if it were offered at the college you will attend? If you were the instructor, what kinds of lessons would you have? What kinds of questions should be asked in a class like that?
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10 comments:
I saw two you tube video movies. One was called the intro and the other one I can’t recall the name but it was the one with the news. I personally think that this would be a fun class but it has no value at all. Well I should be a two week class or something. What are you going to do a whole semester or even a whole year with a class on you tube, what could you possibly learn. If I was offered to take this class in collage I might or might not. If I was taking really complicated and difficult classes, I would take the you tube class just to have some class to look forward for homework. Other then that I wouldn’t take the class.
If I were the instructor what questions should I ask? I don’t know what to ask beside what the video told us. Maybe I would ask the question how do you post a video on you tube or look for a video about something. Basic questions nothing to complicate. Some questions should be asked well I think if you’re an ignorant to the internet world may be this class will suit you. The should ask questions like how do I search on you tube. Actually there are not a lot of questions you could ask. In the end I think this youtube class is something like a fun class nothing to hard.
I saw the first movie that we were instructed to see, Intro, and while browsing, i looked at the KBS news one. I don't think that it is a good class for a collage level, it has no point. Digital Media in middle school is even a better example that taking classes in YouTube or about it. As the professor said in the Intro, i hope you would take this seriously, what does she think? People from around the world are going to look at it? Other than the key of fun in it, i do not get the point.
If you would send a rubric to any other prefacer with a PHD, he would give it a zero. He would reply, i do not get the nonsense of this "LEARNING CLASS", it doesn't give you no preparation for an other job, if i would have the choice to remove this course from your university, i would do it right away. Only if this university was only a place to have fun.
I believe this would be a good way of learning and a fun way but it has things that i dont agree with. I think youtube is there for people to have fun watching videos and not getting bored learning from it. There would be no way to have order and other things in the class. You dont have to participate because no one can tell you to or make you. Having a class like this would leave you without stress there would be no hard tests or exams. Or at least there is no pressure if you do have to take a test.
I wouldnt take this class because it just wont do as a learning class i believe i could learn more in a real class. It would be more efficient and there would be discipline.If i were to lead this class i would show my students a lot of educational movies and write comments on them on youtube. I would ask the students what teachers in a real class would ask their students.
There really is no value in taking a class like this, unless you really plan to work with You Tube or rot your life away by watching clips on YouTube. If the university I attended offered a course similar to the one I just viewed, I would definitely not attend the course since it seems to have little purpose. If I was an instructor of this course, there wouldn’t be much too learn, but I would teach my students how to post clips on YouTube, how to edit their videos before posting them on YouTube, how to search YouTube so you can find the videos of your choice, and what I believe the impact of YouTube will be in the future. The questions that I would ask in a course similar to this is what is the easiest way to find a video of your choice, what to use YouTube for, and what are the benefits of posting yourself on YouTube.
To me, this course seems to be nothing but a waste of time and student’s money. I would definitely not take this course especially if it’s the same professor that was on the video clip because she drones on and on and she makes my head hurt. I guess the class would help a person become more technologically friendly but unless a person’s job was really involved with YouTube I really don’t see any major benefits from this class. The minor benefits of this class are probably getting to know how to use YouTube more efficiently but other than that, this class seems to be lacking a purpose.
Reading this article, I was very intrigued by the way people think about learning from videos on YouTube. This article briefly describes how colleges have used YouTube as a learning tool. The professors have posted videos of themselves teaching subjects. This article only reflected on the positive side of this learning process. Most people said that this tool is useful to teach students all over the world. Moreover, it is a useful tool to use to make up work when students are absent due to illness. Finally, this tool allows students to meet online, while they are at home.
In my opinion, this is not a great way of learning. Posting videos does not allow you to ask questions and interact freely with the instructor and other students. Moreover, YouTube is not an easy website to navigate. In addition videos take a long time to load. On the bright side, this teaching process allows students to make up missed work in case of absence and also allows them to watch the videos more than once for firm learning.
In my opinion, I would not like to join a class like that, because I believe learning can be more effective when it is done by real people. I prefer to interact with the instructor face to face to be able to ask questions freely. If I was an instructor or a professor at a college, I would not use this site as a main learning tool, but promote it to people who are frequently ill or absent. I will use it to post videos of important facts from the lectures and show how experiments are executed.
There are a few questions that need to be answered before we promote this learning tool. Firstly, how easy is it to navigate through YouTube? Secondly, how effective is learning through watching videos? Thirdly, how can students ask questions? Finally, has virtual teaching and learning been tested as an effective tool in education? Addressing these questions might help promote this learning tool. In my opinion, I believe it will take a long time to convince the upcoming generations to replace the current teaching and learning processes with virtual teaching. Students will still prefer to interact, communicate, and debate with lecturers.
I think YouTube does not need a whole course dedicated to studying it. Honestly what can you seriously study? Also I believe that teaching the class over YouTube makes understanding the class harder because to get the answers to your questions you have to wait for your teacher to read it, make a video and then post it.
If this class was offered at the college I attend I wouldn't take it nor would I even take it seriously because I honestly believe it would waste my time. If I were the instructor my lesson plan would focus on how YouTube affects our daily lives. For an essay topic the question could be: Because of YouTube what media element in your life has changed?
I definitely do not think that there is any value to this class. It is just a waste of time because unless you wanted to work with YouTube or you are researching about YouTube for a project, then you wouldn’t want to take this class. To be honest though, if I had a course like this in college, I would actually take it. Not because it would actually help me in any way, but because it would probably be a really easy class. I would just take it for fun. If I was the instructor of this course then I would teach the class how to find videos faster, and how to edit videos as well. Also, I would have a more interesting introduction on what the course is about, because I wouldn’t want my students to fall asleep. I would make the class really fun, but at the same time they would actually learn about YouTube and its benefits. The questions that I would ask my students would be, what are the benefits of using YouTube, how can YouTube help anyone taking this class, and is it an effective place to go if you have any questions or if you're researching a project?
In my opinion, I didn’t like the course a lot and I truly don’t think that it is going to be a helpful. It might be fun to comment and reply back to different YouTube videos, but I still don’t get how it would actually help educationally. Some YouTube videos are just silly and have no meaning, and so I don’t get how those videos would actually help me during the class. I might change my mind if I actually see it happen and succeed, but otherwise I will stick to my opinion, which is that it would be very fun, but not a very useful course educationally.
This was a very unexpected topic to talk about. I mean I never thought people would actually dedicate a class to study YouTube. I find it a waste of time and really a useless class. Any person in the entire world can learn how to use YouTube in less than an hour. Why would you even think of having an entire class talking about YouTube? I think this class would not be a good educational class at all, it has no purpose.
I see there is absolutely no value in taking this class. I think it is more of trying new ways of classes, and even new ways of teaching. I think the only purpose of this class is to see how students respond with this type of education. I think they did it this way, because students these days are really into technology and all the new internet sites. So this class would be close to what they do everyday, rather than sit there and take a boring lecture. Honestly, I don't think I would take this class if it was offered in the college I will attend. Not just because I find it useless, but also because I have no intensions of having to do anything with computers and internet site in my career. If I was an instructor I would be less boring than that instructor in the video. I would probably teach them new techniques on how to use YouTube, or tell them how to encourage people to post more educational videos rather than just whatever they feel like posting. You can't really know what questions would specifically be asked. But maybe some questions would be like what are the benefits of using YouTube? Or is it a reliable source if you need a video for a project in school?
I believe taking a class on YouTube is ridiculous. There are no benefits what�s so ever. You do not learn. All you do is load that video on your computer screen and then basically, either not watching it or you just use msn or play a game on MiniClip. There are a whole lot of distractions around you; there is a small chance of keeping focus. There is also no way for the teacher to be sure that you�re even watching the video. This class in my opinion is not effective at all. How would you also be sure that there is a video about your topic? What if there isn�t. This should not be a source. In the article it says one student posted a video of him juggling. How is this related to college? It isn�t. A person should not be able to get credit for something so silly. If I put a video of me putting a whole slice of pizza in my mouth, would I get credit? They are giving out easy grades and no person learns anything. YouTube should not be a learning site, it is only to show videos that you enjoy. If everyone used YouTube learning, I believe more than half of them would be distracted when watching.
I opened a couple of videos. Some of them do not have any comments but some do. I opened one about how YouTube can help us learn. The comments was, a girl saying that she hasn�t seen this guy in years and was in class with him. I thought these comments are supposed to be for learning. This is another reason why this class is ineffective. If I was in college and had to take a class and one of them was this. I would not even think about having this class as a choice. If I was the instructor I would use this idea of watching YouTube to watching it in class. I would assign a video that would upload in my class room and put it on the projector. I would let the class watch the video and then after I would give them a sheet of questions they would have to answer. At home I would expect them to create a 1-3 minute video about the video and what they learned. Questions to be asked would be what is the meaning or moral of the video? What do you learn in the video? These are two questions are main components in learning or talking about the video.
Personally, I think this class has no purpose what so ever! Maybe the only positive quality in taking this full year course is learning how to use the internet and how to post videos on YouTube; or better yet to delete videos you posted or comments you don’t like (these little things that would be helpful when using YouTube.)
Honestly it’s a waste of time and student energy. This unnecessary class doesn’t need a full year course to understand. I think its lowering the academic requirements for a college that is that "expensive and hard to get into" as the professor said. It's basically teaching a class about distraction; the students are learning to care about these distracting things that in no way shape or form will help you in life! Unless your career revolves around YouTube, which I don’t think many good college students are aiming for, then it’s a whole different story. Maybe college shouldn't be about understanding the importance of meaninglessness, but focus on teaching to inspire students to achieve something meaningful.
If the college I attend has this kind of course, without thinking twice, I'd ignore it. If I was a professor at a college, I would not use YouTube as a main learning device, but I would use it for students who are unable to attend my class or are ill and sick; then they will be able to see the courses they missed watching YouYube.
The questions that need to be answered before promoting these learning tools are:
How effective is learning through watching videos? What are the consequences if students spend too much time on YouTube? Is it bad for your health? How easy is it to find your way around YouTube? Are there many distracting videos that might take away my students focus?
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