frank van cappelle [email protected] organizing and ranking the best online educational videos
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What is
• Non-profit online video search platform• Organizes/embeds videos – no hosting• Launched April 2008• Run by volunteers at virtually no cost• Free technical support & server management thanks to inflowmotion
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Why ?
What is unique about ?
1. System for organizing videos 2. System for ranking videos
3. Focus on the best videos 4. Community based
What is a good educational video?1. Popularity 25,000 views/day 125,000 views/day
+3. Educational value
=EduTube
Index
2. Ranking
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And finally:
- Not “school curriculum” oriented;
- Videos that *inspire* learning rather than those which merely aim to convey subject matter;
- New categories which have arisen due to online & ‘home-made’ videos, e.g:
• Animal Intelligence• Educational Technology• Robots• Time Lapse• Visualizations
