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Pandemic related rise in digital learning UPDATED

March 29, 2020

So the world is in upheaval. A global pandemic is shutting down entire countries, shops, schools, universities are all closed and, students, parents and teachers are all scrambling for online learning. In the first week in Australia, I was still teaching. Students came to class but were scared, uncertain about the future or the present, […]

Tagged as: covid19, educational youtube, edutube, edutube phd, home schooling

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PhD win but social media FAIL

February 24, 2020

Today’s momentous event was posting my edutube phd acceptance letter – WHOOOOOO!!!! I filmed it for posterity (and social media) using instagram, which the second after I finished filming decreed the video wasn’t long enough & thus it didn’t save. There’s no second takes posting a letter, so instead of a video, here’s me contemplating […]

Tagged as: educational youtube, edutube, edutube phd

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How is thumbs an effective feedback method?

February 5, 2020

This is a first for me! I have a video that’s attracted some thumbs down… This video (which you can see here was put on a History playlist that the excellent Mr Beat complied at the end of last year. You can see the full playlist here. I was really honoured to be invited to […]

Tagged as: educational youtube, edutube, feedback, Mr Beat, The Algorithm, youtube

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The unanswerable question – what IS ‘educational’?

February 4, 2020

So this one is a big ‘un. What actually is ‘educational’? I’ve been talking about this phd for about a year now, and before that I’ve been talking about educational content on youtube for years. And I’ve been thinking about it in curriculum terms – science, english, maths, humanities etc – and I’ve been thinking […]

Tagged as: Chris Stokel-Walker, Contrapoints, educational youtube, edutube, Kelli's Channel, Miss Kokolib, MonsterThinks, the Guardian, Zoe Glatt

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YouTube University is becoming official

February 3, 2020

So one of the most interesting things about embarking on a phd on educational youtube is that *everyone* I tell about it shares a story of what they have learned on youtube. This morning’s example was my barista, who watches youtube to learn other types/the latest coffees/milks. And youtube itself is starting to embrace the […]

Tagged as: educational youtube, edutube, edutube phd, YouTube University

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Why don’t (most) unis recognise their staff’s youtube channels?

January 31, 2020

I was talking to Zoe Glatt, an academic doing her phd on youtubers at LSE, a while ago, and she pointed out that most academics studying youtube don’t actually have a youtube channel. This was a surprise to me, cause I think it’s really valuable to have hands-on experience with the thing I’m studying. And […]

Tagged as: academics on youtube, Amanda Loves To Audit, educational youtube, edutube, scicomm, UNSW, youtube, Zoe Glatt

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The Masterchef/Drag Race/YouTube effect – the homogenization of subjects, styles and information

December 20, 2019

So the kinds of reality tv I like are the ones where people make things – Project Runway, Masterchef, Sewing Bee and the sequined gloriousness that is RuPaul’s Drag Race. But I also think that they shape the ideas and creativeness of those who watch them. Let’s chat about the Masterchef/RuPaul effect. So Masterchef, if […]

Tagged as: Australian curriculum, Australian history, Crash Course, Crash Course Mythology, Drag, educational youtube, edutube, Lady Diamond, Masterchef, Masterchef Effect, MonsterThinks, Rupaul's Drag Race, youtube, YouTube University

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YouTube University UPDATED

December 18, 2019

***Mesg from the future! I saw another example of YouTube U on The Great British Bake Off, scroll down to see it!*** So this is fast becoming a thing I’m noticing everywhere and it’s something I’m really curious about. People referring to ‘YouTube University’ where they get their education. This post was sparked by a […]

Tagged as: educational youtube, edutube, edutube phd, youtube, YouTube University

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Things people have learned from youtube (a viral tweet)

October 3, 2019

So about a month ago I tweeted this Pls pls pls RT if you’ve ever watched a @Youtube video specifically to learn something. I’m trying to prove to my supervisor that YouTube is super useful for learning things. Feel free to comment below and tell me what you learned too, I’d love to know! — […]

Tagged as: Crash Course, educational youtube, edutube, Phil Plait, Twitter, youtube

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Why are we not teaching our teachers how to navigate social media? #AoIR2019

October 1, 2019

So I’m currently at the Association of Internet Researchers 2019 conference up in Brisbane. As part of this I attended a satellite conference – 4rd Annual Young Creative Connected (YCC) Research Network Seminar Where I presented on a panel about Youtube and academics with Zoe Glatt and Kelli McGraw chaired by Jarrod Walczer. (Pic by Zoe Glatt) […]

Tagged as: Alice Elwell, AoIR2019, educational youtube, edutube, Jarrod Walczer, Kelli's Channel, YCCnetwork2019, Zoe Glatt

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