Thinking of College? Go to YouTube First
YouTube launched a handy new page last night that aggregates all the videos from more than 100 institutions of higher education around the US. YouTube.com/edu now serves up campus tours, free lectures, research and other college news all in one place. Search queries can be limited to the Edu part of the site as well.
This is a great idea and we expect that young people who discover it will appreciate it. At first glance it looks better to us than iTunes University. This could genuinely help young people make more informed decisions about what schools to apply to. There's also a lot of great content on the site for anyone to learn from.
In our admittedly limited experience, the academic content on iTunes is very limited, less easy to consume and generally less interesting.
Last year we asked "Is YouTube the Next Google?," noting that video search is one of the most compelling types of search online. There is video content online, and on YouTube in particular, about just about anything. College content? That's a no brainer.
If you like academic videos, make sure to check out Academic Earth as well.
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Fantastic! I've got a feeling that I'll be spending much time with this section of YouTube. I love iTunesU - I'm the sort of geek who actually *enjoys* listening to 36 hours of Hindu studies from Oxford University, so this is definitely for me.
Just the other day I came across Academic Earth. After taking a look at both sites I would say I definitely prefer Academic Earth's interface and structure. It's a lot more user friendly.
Just the other day I came across Academic Earth. After taking a look at both sites I would say I definitely prefer Academic Earth's interface and structure. It's a lot more user friendly.
I wish we had this when we were picking out schools. I've seen a lot of biz models around this but youtube sounds like the best so far, you can always update it!
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This is fantastic but it still only benefits those with decent broadband speeds. And those with computers, not those who can only access the internet from a handheld device.
This is a great idea. It’s so much easier (and cheaper) to go online and look through different college campuses rather than going in person. Sometimes you could spend hours on a long drive only to come to find it’s not a college you want to attend. I wish this came out before I went to college but I will pass this information to my younger sister.
I like it its very nice.
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