October 4, 2007
UC Berkeley puts courses on YouTube
A California university renowned for US history changing free speech and anti-war movements is embracing the Internet revolution by putting free videos of courses on YouTube. The AFP reports.
"More than 300 hours of University of California, Berkeley, classes and events are available online at the web addresswww.youtube.com/ucberkeley, college officials announced on Wednesday.
University offerings at the dedicated YouTube channel include peace and conflict studies, bioengineering courses, and a science class titled "Physics for Future Presidents."
"UC Berkeley on YouTube will provide a public window into university life: academics, events and athletics," said vice provost for undergraduate education Christina Maslach.
The University plans to continually add videos to the channel, which officially launched Wednesday with about nine full courses consisting of approximately 40 lectures each.
Berkeley lays claim to being the first university to offer full courses on popular video-sharing website YouTube, which is based in Northern California.
The university began online broadcasts, called "webcasts," of its own in 2001 and last year began making audio "podcasts" available for download at Apple's iTunes online store."
Related, sort of:
-- California college offers YouTube class - Liberal arts and sciences Pitzer College this fall began offering what may be the first course about the video-sharing site.
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