Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfLvnXIu664&feature=PlayList&p=5E63FB91318A8C6B&playnext_from=PL&index=3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6h5Gd2CKEM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gsy9O5GRKc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1nt5Vq4MhE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdHbkjCviC0
Well, I think that the educational value of youtube depends on what you're watching, and what you want to get out of it. If you're focusing especially on vlogs, then yes, you have a mixed bag. Their value may be enhanced by the fact that we get to see who is talking to us and so may form a feeling of trust or mistrust. On the other hand, it can be hard to find the information you're looking for in a vlog -- you can't skim it, can't search it, you must invest your time into watching it before you know whether or not it will deliver. I will watch a vlog from someone that I already know -- sportswriters, for instance. But I won't seek them out randomly on the web. I don't have that kind of time.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Gocsik. While vlogs are nice and engaging, I am don't feel like people are willing to watch a lot of them. It takes a lot of time to watch entire vlog entries. Typically, I don't want to devote a lot of time to anything online. But I definitely do see the benefit in vlogs, the visual component adds a lot to comprehension. I think that vlogs have the potential to share more information than blogs.
ReplyDeleteHehe, you found some very funny youtube clips. I actually don't like videologs or educational youtube videos very much at all. I remember discussing the quirk of the internet is the ability to navigate away at will, and absorb information at your own pace. If I view someone's written blog I can skim, or ignore certain parts. I can skip and read the end or navigate to related information as I read.
ReplyDeleteOnce that is put into video, we lose that flexibility and so therefore the vlogger must be that much more engaging to capture my attention. And most don't. Many bloggers I like put up a vlog every once in a while and I find them to be of much lower quality. But I did like yours.
I watch vlogs only for entertainment, and I think that is where their true strength lies. For example, there is something about tone, and facial expression in comedy that cannot be delivered through text. Watching vlogs is a very passive exercise, which doesn't take that much effort- but reading a blog is a very deliberate exercise that conflicts with my procrastinating, lazy college mind.
ReplyDeleteCheck out this vlog here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBOV8WzH-oY
It's very specific humour- but this young man has become extremely popular on youtube, and the work he does could never be transcribed to produce the same effect.
The biggest problem I see with vlogs is that they make it difficult to separate the ideas expressed from the author. When you read, you can more easily internalize and appropriate what you understand. especially if the writer isn't very well known. Written information appears to be more credible than that found in vlogs.
Nice parallel there , you vlog about 'Vlogs' and put your face in it.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I can only bear watching a video less than 3 minutes long from a link shared by a friend. If I random search for one,lets say an educational one, I question the legitimacy of information the person i see on screen is posting ( on youtube). I would much prefer an article written by a reliable sources, or a research well presented in vlog maybe with their position and education level. The rest, I will just see it as how creative ( which you touch upon in your vlog) one present the topic of their selection.