YouTube is one of the most popular video sharing sites on the web and has provided members of its community with lots of ways to interact with each other, including YouTube Groups.
These video sharing groups are a great way for students and teachers to share projects, classroom activities, or even instructional materials.
YouTube+K12 Edu
For example, the K12 YouTube Group provides community members with a platform for "learners (teachers and students) to post their creations in a safe area and allow for easier searching."
This is a fantastic use of social media and more evidence that the web is emerging as an alternative learning structure, drawing on the collective knowledge and wisdom living in the larger and informal and lifelong learning network.
The K12 YouTube Group is new, so right now the selection is relatively low, but hopefully (and this is where we all come in) the catalog of instructional videos will grow as more and more people participate by sharing their video with the YouTube community.
Gen Y + Social Media = Learning
One of the most interesting videos being shared in the K12 Group is The Learning Blogosphere which provides a look at how instructors can use social media to support digital learning styles.
While our current pedagogy is based on a student being a passive learner (the student sits quietly while the teacher lectures), today's Gen Y student has been raised in an always-on, interactive, multimedia and technology saturated environment.
As a result of this shift, students tend to respond better to learning environments that incorporate social media (blogs, wiki, podcasts, video) elements that allow them to be more actively engaged in their own learning process.
YouTube U
YouTube has also recently tapped in to the higher education community by providing students with a community based home on YouTube called YouTube Colleges.
Hopefully, these new college video communities on YouTube will also provide a means for instructors to post lectures and allow students with opportunities to learn according to their own schedule and learning needs.
These new groups allow students with a valid ".edu" email account from their school, to join a group centered around their collegiate community and keep up on everything from "...Greek life to local bands to the big game, you can watch, upload, and share what's up, all on YouTube."
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