Berkeley university puts courses on YouTube

柏克萊加大課程 Po上YouTube

2007/10/05
【聯合報╱編譯王麗娟／綜合四日外電報導】

美國柏克萊加州大學宣布，校方4日起把校內部分課程的上課過程，錄影放到分享網站YouTube上，與所有有志向學者分享。只要上www.youtube.com/ucberkeley的網址，即可免費收看上課與校園活動的實況。

柏克萊和其他大學早已透過網路播放許多課程，包括2006年該校與YouTube母公司Google Inc.合作的播客課程。柏克萊三日正式宣布與YouTube也達成影音分享協議，而該校YouTube網頁4日正式啟動。該校表示，他們應是第一所將整個上課過程放上YouTube網站的大學。

所有放上YouTube的講課內容均免費提供，但僅屬資訊分享，即使看完一門課的每一堂課，柏克萊也不會給予學分。換句話說，在YouTube上「上課」，並不等同到校上課。校方說，YouTube分享並無師生互動，也無對話，與上課不同。

放上YouTube的課程包括「和平與衝突研究」、「未來總統的物理學」等。

【2007/10/05 聯合報】

Berkeley university puts courses on YouTube

BERKELEY, United States (AFP) - Berkeley university, one of the most
prestigious universities in the US, is embracing the Internet
revolution by putting free videos of courses on YouTube.

More than 300 hours of University of California, Berkeley, classes and
events are available online at the web address www.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.

"We are excited to make UC Berkeley videos available to the world on
YouTube," said Ben Hubbard, who co-manages the university's webcast
program.

"I think the whole open content movement is in keeping with what we
are as a public institution, we really believe at our core that making
this available to the public is truly important."