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Re: UC Berkeley classes on YouTube



Has YouTube said anything about their plans for preservation of 
the videos they recruit and present?

Jim O'Donnell
Georgetown

On 10/5/07, Greg Tananbaum <gtananbaum@gmail.com> wrote:
> UC Berkeley has become the first university to formally offer 
> videos of full course lectures via YouTube.  Two hundred clips, 
> representing eight full classes, have been uploaded so far. 
> According to an article in today's San Francisco Chronicle, the 
> school has equipped twenty classrooms to record lectures and 
> plans to capture about fifty classes each semester, or about 
> three percent of the course catalog.  For more details, read:
>
> http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/04/BUJ0SJ9JS.DTL
>
> Alas, you can't earn a Cal degree merely by watching YouTube
> clips - no credits are offered in conjunction with the postings.
> However, those interested in expanding their intellectual
> horizons can explore the Cal courses here:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/ucberkeley
>
> Best, Greg
> ______________________
> Greg Tananbaum
> (510) 295-7504
> gtananbaum@gmail.com