Back in September, I blogged about a course entitled "Learning From YouTube.” Taught by Andrea Jurhasz, a media studies professor, this class is still drawing a fair amount of attention from her colleagues in both media studies and ILT. Initially some thought that she was crazy to open herself up to possible mocking from her students, other YouTube patrons and educational community.
However, she’s attracted quite a bit of attention, including a notice in the New York Times:
September 15, 2007 – Here's a dream come true for Web addicts: college credit for watching YouTube. Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif., this fall began offering what may be the first course about the video-sharing site. About 35 students meet in a classroom but work mostly online, where they view YouTube content and post their comments.
While there still has not been much posted about the effectiveness of YouTube as a learning environment, I would be quite interested in hearing what you have to say (after you check out this course, of course). What do you think: Is this just a way to generate hype? Does the YouTube environment have any validity as a learning space?
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Monday, December 3, 2007
Sunday, September 9, 2007
YouTube Studies
I ran across an interesting article entitled YouTube Studies on the Inside Higher Ed website the other day. While the use of YouTube is becoming increasingly pervasive, especially amoung young adults, there hasn't been much written about its potential (or lack thereof) for educational use.
Alexandra Juhasz, a professor of media studies at Pitzer College, is changing that. This fall, she's offering a class called “Learning From YouTube,” which is drawing a fair amount of attention from her colleagues in both media studies and ILT. Some thinks she's crazy to open herself up to possible mocking from her students and other YouTube patrons, while other educators are waiting to see if YouTube can be successfully used to promote teaching and learning.
You can view the class syllabus, read aloud by Juhasz. She expounds on the topics she expects to cover, one of which is pedagogy — how learning takes place online vs. in person; from peers vs. from a professor.
It's worth a look. I plan to revisit this experiment throughout the semester and will post any applicable and interesting updates.
Alexandra Juhasz, a professor of media studies at Pitzer College, is changing that. This fall, she's offering a class called “Learning From YouTube,” which is drawing a fair amount of attention from her colleagues in both media studies and ILT. Some thinks she's crazy to open herself up to possible mocking from her students and other YouTube patrons, while other educators are waiting to see if YouTube can be successfully used to promote teaching and learning.
You can view the class syllabus, read aloud by Juhasz. She expounds on the topics she expects to cover, one of which is pedagogy — how learning takes place online vs. in person; from peers vs. from a professor.
It's worth a look. I plan to revisit this experiment throughout the semester and will post any applicable and interesting updates.
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