Lectures online for YouTube generation
Lectures online for YouTube generation – web – Technology – theage.com.au
THE university that offers two of the three most expensive undergraduate degrees in Australia is now offering some of its classes free.
The University of NSW will publish lectures on its own YouTube channel, opening them to the masses and allowing students to access them without leaving home, under an arrangement with the video-sharing website.
It is the first university in Australia to do this and it follows the University of California, Berkeley, in granting public access to what was once the exclusive domain of its students. But there was no substitute for interacting in a classroom with other students and academics, said Patrick Stoddart, the manager of research and innovation in the universitys learning and teaching division.
Rather, the aim was to publicise what it was doing in its research, use interactive teaching methods and reach potential students.
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