Have you use YouTube for education purposes? From my experience as a student, I use it to help me out when I have problem understanding certain topics when I'm in class and sometimes even learn something new from it. Other than that, teachers and lecturers also sometimes use it in the classroom;
showing examples of good videos or animation, teaching us about a certain topic in an interesting way with animated version on YouTube.
Educating yourself is a never ending process. As long as you want to learn something new or in depth, you are educating yourself. YouTube actually is one of the source for free educational videos that can be accessed by anyone. YouTube actually launched YouTube for Schools back in 2011 as they believe that they can improve the environment of the class and make teachers lives easier by doing so. With YouTube for Schools, it can prevent students from getting distracted by other videos that are not regarding about education during school hours. "YouTube for Schools, a network setting that school administrators can turn on to grant access only to the educational content from YouTube EDU." (YouTube Official Blog, 2011) There are an array of playlist of topics on different subject with different levels/grade and many other educational videos made by teachers which can be used when teaching a classroom. YouTube has once again prove that it is a versatile media platform with many other functions to it.
Traditional teaching is outdated as most people have short attention span on concentrating on certain things especially when it comes to knowledge. Therefore, according to Sanjay Sarma, director of digital learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S, "schools and universities need to adapt to the internet age by breaking teaching down into bitesize video lessons" like the on provided on YouTube. (Telegraph, 2015)
Based on a research held by W. Marc Jackman and Patricia Roberts on Students' Perspective on YouTube Video Usage as an E-Resource in the University Classroom, students held positive opinions about the use of YouTube media to supplement the psychology lectures based on the quantitive findings. There were also a number of subjective questions about how YouTube videos improve the lecture. There were also many positive response. The image below shows the respond of the students who participated in this research.
OPINION
It is definitely an advantage for educators to use YouTube videos as a teaching method as they don't really have to prepare slides and notes but is it unfair that they are using other people's (YouTube community) thoughts and knowledge to teach instead of theirs ? That way anyone can teach a class by using YouTube videos? There are possibilities where educators are able to bluff their way through acting as though they know what they are teaching but actually they don't. Getting paid for using YouTube videos to teach a class? Is this the future of educational jobs?
Bibliography
Hillner, J. (2009) "How To Use Online Video in Your Classroom". Edutopia [online]. Available at: https://www.edutopia.org/youtube-educational-videos-classroom
Jackman, M. & Roberts, P. (2014) 'Students' Perspective on YouTube Video Usage as an E-Resource in the University Classroom'. Journal of Educational Technology Systems 42(3): 273-297. March 2014. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267926780_Students'_Perspectives_on_YouTube_Video_Usage_as_an_E-Resource_in_the_University_Classroom
Telegraph (2015) "Teachers urged to use YouTube to inspire bored students". Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/11322722/Teachers-urged-to-use-YouTube-to-inspire-bored-students.html
Teachers (2012) "21st Century Classroom: YouTube @ Kent-Meridian High School". Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLNuv7jAIhg
YouTube Official Blog (2011) " Opening up a world of educational content with YouTube for Schools". Available at: https://youtube.googleblog.com/2011/12/opening-up-world-of-educational-content.html
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