Waste time and learn something with YouTube
If the television landscape is a "vast wasteland," YouTube must be a vast waste universe. But the thing about YouTube is that for every Chris Crocker there's a UC Berkeley. The University of California Berkeley has begun posting full length lectures on the video sharing site. There are already over 200 videos online covering topics from biology and physics to the "principles of nonviolence," and university officials plan to continue adding to the collection.
While watching videos won't earn you a degree, you can probably learn a thing or two by virtually auditing these courses. And lest you think the university's giving something valuable away for free, showcasing lectures from some of the most engaging professors is a great promotional tool for the school.
Now, if they could just make a good lecture half as engaging as a video from the "leave Britney alone" guy. So far most of the UC Berkeley videos have only been viewed a handful of times.
[via CNet]
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capoeirista said 11:37PM on 10-03-2007
Check out http://www.scitalks.com for science videos on the web. They're about to launch versions 2.0 of the site, which will have multiple science blogs, over 2000 science videos and a social network.
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syahid ali said 4:24AM on 10-05-2007
youtube for geeks. awesome.
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Tush said 11:37AM on 10-04-2007
Why would you be wasting time if you're learning?
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