iTunes U has been around for a while now, but viewing it requires having iTunes loaded, or (at least from a practical standpoint) utilizing some flavor of iPod/iPhone. YouTube is browser based, Flash driven, and so just easier to get at. You can also embed the videos in other pages, create your own playlists and all that other good stuff that has made YouTube the sensation it is. There is plenty of content there so far from a pretty impressive cross-section of institutions. Stephen Downes wonders if ‘education’ needs to be only top universities — an excellent point that will hopefully be considered as the content in YouTube U expands.
Introducing YouTube EDU! | Open Culture
Here’s a little breaking news: Today, Google has launched YouTube EDU, which centralizes the content from over 100 universities and colleges (get list here). This robust collection gives you access to lectures by professors and world-renowned thought leaders, new research and campus tours. At the moment, you can access over 200 full courses from leading universities, including MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Yale and IIT/IISc. And it’s all searchable within YouTube EDU.
YouTube – yaleuniversity’s Channel
View videos posted by Yale University, one of the world’s leading centers of learning and research.
YouTube – yalecourses’s Channel
The Yale Courses channel provides entry into the core of the University–its classrooms and academic programs–including complete sets of lectures from the Open Yale Courses initiative.
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