YouTube for future Education (3rd Post)
YouTube for future Education (3rd Post)
Instructional Designers have a unique job in following a
systematic process to design something new with the purpose of improving the
human experience. The instructional
designer must have the ability to think outside the box, be creative, and open
to many different aspects of possible design.
The ability to think creatively and critically to solve problems is at
the foundation of an instructional designer.
YouTube is a popular platform that if used properly can help the
instructional designer.
With the millions
of videos already loaded and the thousands a day being uploaded the
instructional designer can leverage those videos for inspiration or a
foundation for design. A quick search on
YouTube for design will springs thousands of videos and hundreds of channels
about design. The network of design
within YouTube is unlimited. As a future
instructional designer, I could watch countless videos or talk to thousands of
people about design. This interaction
can help me greatly in my profession with ideas, thoughts, or visions for the
next latest and greatest design. Why would
you want to recreate an idea or thought that is already completed? By no means am I saying instructional
designers should rely on YouTube, rather my point is that if used properly it
can become a powerful tool.
I would like to
shift focus this week on YouTube in education.
We can all agree the power of YouTube, but there are many schools within
the country that do not allow this technology in their classroom. It could be a fear of students wasting their
time online or maybe some teachers think it takes away from the value of the
education. As future instructional
designers what are your thoughts on this technique of limiting YouTube in the
classroom? Do you think this hinders your
ability to design future instruction in the classroom? I would love to hear your thoughts…..Stay
tuned for mine.
Thanks for visiting!
See you next time!
Youtubezilla,
ReplyDeleteI have never actually thought about the use of youtube in a classroom until today. It makes perfect sense. I know that if I don't know how to do something the first place I go to learn is youtube. I have even downloaded the app on my phone so I can learn about anything anywhere. I don't use it for anything else. So, it makes sense for it to be in the classrooms. So, I did some research online to see if there was a reason that it was not in the classroom. I found a bunch of articles that stated it is banned because there is vulgar content on youtube. I understand and respect schools trying to not expose other peoples kids to things their parents may not approve of. However, they have controls and filters to prevent this from happening. I did read though a few articles that stated several big companies who develop educational material have lobbied large school districts to ban youtube. I can see this from a business stand point. You can't compete with something that is provided for free. If teachers start pulling educational materials from a free site, well you are out of money. In concept we could use youtube to film an entire semesters of classes from a University and put them on youtube. The whole world could get an education for free. But then no one makes any money! Do you believe educational intuitions would ever allow this to happen?
I think that, as instructional designers, we should be looking for every opportunity possible to enhance education in a classroom. We need to leverage whatever technology is available to ensure the instruction we develop assists a corporation, educational institution, or whatever organization we are working for meet their performance objectives. It is well known that the majority of our youth today primarily learn from YouTube. My two youngest (although I try to limit it as much as possible) spend a considerable amount of time on YouTube and that seems to be how they learn best. I am also becoming heavily reliant on YouTube to learn how to do things that I am unsure of how to do for this class.
ReplyDeleteAll said, I know, as Mike stated, many educators are concerned about some of the content that is displayed on YouTube. I share their concerns as a parent, but I think we can be responsible in how we leverage this technology in the classroom. I believe we need to be careful not too be so risk averse that we abandon the idea of using a technology that could enhance our lesson plans simply because of the potential existence of inappropriate content. Like Mike also said, there are controls and features to prevent it from happening and so long as these concerns are taken into account and control measures put in place to prevent exposure to the content parents would be most concerned about. All considered, my position is, as instructional designers, we should leverage the technology tool to enhance our training plan. Great post.
Anthony
I don’t think a day goes by that I don’t mention YouTube University as the best university in the world! I think it has tons of potential in the classroom. As an example, last week my niece, a freshman in college, was telling me that one of her professors was not a “gifted” teacher. He was stuck in a lecture and never make any meaningful interaction with the audience delivery method. Now imagine, just for a second, if he had a tool where he could search for a few additional resources to provide his students who struggled with lecture learning. I ended up finding her some resources at YouTube University and off she went, renewed. I think that some educators may be concerned about YouTube as a potential distraction in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteMike W.
Kevin, I can understand the apprehension that educators and instructional designers must feel when considering YouTube as an asset. There is a tremendous amount of information on there. A lot of it is beneficial and some is not. I for one have used it while teaching. I use to play a clip ( 10 years back) when I was teaching from Zoolander. I used it when I taught fire safety, the elements of fire etc. I am posting the link. Adult learners were my audience, this got a laugh and then we got to emphasize the learning https://youtu.be/OTrxEQnPtAg
ReplyDelete-Mandy
Mandy
DeleteThanks for the link I love that scene lol.
Tammy
Kevin,
ReplyDeleteI understand the teachers of younger children could be apprehensive about YouTube. There could be so crazy stuff out there, however, after some research I found YouTube Kids. I was created to give children a more contained environment and safer online experience for them. I think this might solve the "moral" issue of the classroom. I look forward to learning more about YouTube from your blog.
Andy.
Kevin
ReplyDeleteI have used youtube to assist in helping my niece with her math homework. There are so many tutorials on how to do scatterplots, calculate surface area, and figure out the radius of a circle. These videos really helped both of us solve her math homework. I do think that youtube videos in a limited capacity should be used in the classroom. In San Antonio my nieces teachers all filmed instruction material and the posted it for thier students to watch. If a topic was unclear we would sit and watch it. I think the majority of us have watched a youtube video on photoshop to do our school work. It really is versatile for all level of learners and should be more acceptable in the learning space.
Tammy