Who said that YouTube was only for entertainment?
Now YouTube EDU has celebrated its 1-year-old birthday and has found a ton of success. YouTube EDU, similar to its original founding brother YouTube.com, is a collection of videos from universities and colleges all around the world. Now there are some stats to track its accomplishments.
Over 300 accredited sources contribute to the video portal with a wide-range of content from 10 different countries and 7 languages. In addition to the large amount of content, YouTube uses auto-captioning, which automatically translates English lectures to other languages.
iTunes U also plays a large factor in contributing to online educational videos. Over 600 universities and colleges, twice the amount of YouTube EDU, has over a quarter of a million free lectures, films, videos, and resources -- however, there are some major differences that favor YouTube EDU. Schools partnered with iTunes U can restrict certain content to students, while YouTube videos are public and available to everyone with computer access and internet access.
So maybe we'll all soon be watching YouTube videos during class...as an assignment from the professor...
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