YouTube For Learning

When I was going through the technology graduate course last semester, I found that many things I did not know how to do could be learned watching YouTube videos. In fact, I found I could learn in a short 1-2 minute video what I would otherwise have needed to spend hours reading about.

This is the lesson I wanted to impart through my class website -- teach some of the lessons via YouTube instead of bogging down the students with numerous handouts (which they probably were not going to read anyway). I assume that, like me, they'd rather get the nugget of information they need than sift through a lot of reading to find help.

However, the students cannot access the YouTube videos I have embedded in the Site. They can see it initially, but upon clicking on the play arrow, a box pops up saying they do not have permission. I have run the Researcher vs. Retriever video in my computer for the small group to gather and see, but really?  We wanted to have a self-pacing class whereby students accessed what they needed when they needed it...not always wait for everyone to see and hear the information at the same time.

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