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I'm not saying it can't be inspiring. I'm sure youtube videos about mathematics have inspired quite a few young people to pursue mathematics! They can foster an

by mrr54 7y ago

I'm not saying it can't be inspiring. I'm sure youtube videos about mathematics have inspired quite a few young people to pursue mathematics! They can foster an interest, inspire people to learn, etc. But that doesn't make them educational.

mcqueenjordan 7y ago
A video recording of the MIT OCW courses is absolutely educational. Many science/technology focused YouTube channels absolutely produce educational content. You don't need to receive a title or a credential to have received education. I'm deeply sorry that you've struggled with bad things you saw on the internet. That can be a compelling reason to limit access. But that doesn't redefine education.
- mrr54 7y ago
  >there are many great youtube channels packed with scientific content, like Smarter Every Day, Veritasium, Mark Rober, CGP Grey, VSauce, engineerguy, Physics Girl, Captain Disillusion, Mathologer, Numberphile, ... That's what I was replying to. And those videos are not educational. They're 'interesting facts' or 'wow science is so coooooool!!!!!111 yeah science!!!11' channels. >You don't need to receive a title or a credential to have received education. Fun interesting facts are great for getting people interested in science, but they are not science! People coming away from a Mathloger video interested in maths? Brilliant. People coming away from a Mathloger video thinking they know maths? Not brilliant.
  - jacobolus 7y ago
    There are lots of university lectures, worked example problems, videos of people demonstrating and teaching every type of manual skill, .... on youtube > those videos are not educational This kind of thing is absolutely “educational” under any reasonable definition of the word https://youtu.be/0KjG8Pg6LGk https://youtu.be/0KjG8Pg6LGk https://youtu.be/8KmVDxkia_w https://youtu.be/8KmVDxkia_w https://youtu.be/Ku8BOBwD4hc https://youtu.be/Ku8BOBwD4hc https://youtu.be/k8Rxep2Mkp8 https://youtu.be/k8Rxep2Mkp8 https://youtu.be/1VPfZ_XzisU https://youtu.be/1VPfZ_XzisU https://youtu.be/IcrBqCFLHIY https://youtu.be/IcrBqCFLHIY Of course it’s not (and not supposed to be) a substitute for students working problems for themselves, running experiments, conducting interviews, doing research in the stacks, writing papers, writing code, putting each-others’ art through critique, or the like. Nobody “comes away from a Mathologer video thinking they «know math»” (whatever that is supposed to mean).

by mrr54 7y ago

mcqueenjordan 7y ago

A video recording of the MIT OCW courses is absolutely educational. Many science/technology focused YouTube channels absolutely produce educational content. You don't need to receive a title or a credential to have received education. I'm deeply sorry that you've struggled with bad things you saw on the internet. That can be a compelling reason to limit access. But that doesn't redefine education.

mrr54 7y ago
>there are many great youtube channels packed with scientific content, like Smarter Every Day, Veritasium, Mark Rober, CGP Grey, VSauce, engineerguy, Physics Girl, Captain Disillusion, Mathologer, Numberphile, ... That's what I was replying to. And those videos are not educational. They're 'interesting facts' or 'wow science is so coooooool!!!!!111 yeah science!!!11' channels. >You don't need to receive a title or a credential to have received education. Fun interesting facts are great for getting people interested in science, but they are not science! People coming away from a Mathloger video interested in maths? Brilliant. People coming away from a Mathloger video thinking they know maths? Not brilliant.
- jacobolus 7y ago
  There are lots of university lectures, worked example problems, videos of people demonstrating and teaching every type of manual skill, .... on youtube > those videos are not educational This kind of thing is absolutely “educational” under any reasonable definition of the word https://youtu.be/0KjG8Pg6LGk https://youtu.be/0KjG8Pg6LGk https://youtu.be/8KmVDxkia_w https://youtu.be/8KmVDxkia_w https://youtu.be/Ku8BOBwD4hc https://youtu.be/Ku8BOBwD4hc https://youtu.be/k8Rxep2Mkp8 https://youtu.be/k8Rxep2Mkp8 https://youtu.be/1VPfZ_XzisU https://youtu.be/1VPfZ_XzisU https://youtu.be/IcrBqCFLHIY https://youtu.be/IcrBqCFLHIY Of course it’s not (and not supposed to be) a substitute for students working problems for themselves, running experiments, conducting interviews, doing research in the stacks, writing papers, writing code, putting each-others’ art through critique, or the like. Nobody “comes away from a Mathologer video thinking they «know math»” (whatever that is supposed to mean).