Frank van Cappelleinfo@edutube.org

Organizing and Ranking the Best Online Educational Videos

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

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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