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Online Academy Helps to Keep Lectures Where They Belong: Out of.

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This YouTube-based learning environment was founded in 2004 by former Boston hedge-fund manager Salman Khan, and today contains more than 2,200 lectures on more than 100 topics (mostly math related). In an effort to bridge the time and distance gap, he started making 10-minute videos of math lessons and posting them on YouTube.

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Social Media: The Virtual “Over-The-Partition” Learning Network.

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So, here’s my leap from that “over-the-partition” informal learning scenario to how social media can support social learning: YouTube (in other words, video learning). Because video can be the virtual “over-the-partition” colleague. What users really want is to lean over the partition and say “Hey, how do I do this?” Properly d.

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Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? | Social Learning Blog

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Like Marsha (above) I am a graduate student at Roosevelt University and focus on technologies like YouTube as an effective learning tool. Mark Durgee April 5, 2011 at 4:32 pm # Jon- I, too, am interested in learning how video can be incorporated into informal learning programs as part of a Web 2.0 tool chest. Properly d.

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Video Training – why it’s here to stay

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One million videos are uploaded every day to YouTube. 3 billion YouTube views every day. 300 million of the aforementioned three billion YouTube videos being watched daily are watched on mobile phones. Brainshark , an online video presentation firm, reports on the wave of video content in general pouring out across the web.

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6 Steps For Successful Corporate Training Video Production

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Would you rather read a complex manual on how to fix a leaky faucet, or watch a five-minute YouTube video on the subject? For one, they bring concepts to life and engage learners on an emotional level.

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Can Bill Gates Lead the Informal Learning Revolution?

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It turns out Gates has invested millions in educational video games, funded the game-centered Quest2Learn and financially supports YouTube sensation Sal Khan , founder of Khan Academy. The hedge fund manager turned YouTube education pioneer insists that we should: decouple credentialing from learning.

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The Angry Birds Community: Social Learning Utopia?

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We play Angry Birds on an Android phone – when we get stuck and click Hint , we are are transported to YouTube, where we watch a video that shows us exactly how to solve our current level. A search for “Angry Bird Walkthroughs” on YouTube returns 18,500 results.