Sunday, 3 August 2008

Study anything, anywhere.

Wouldn't it be lovely if...
you could learn from people all over the world about anything. Yeah we've all seen Youtube, which is mainly littered with stupid, enertaining and nearly always hilarious user videos. Thats what 'sells' if you will, but what if I happened to (go with me on this one) require something a bit more sophisticated to land my senses upon? Yes, I'm aware Youtube has moments of intelligence, but it usually isn't vetted and requires sifting through the likes of 'Peter downs whole bottle of Cordial' and 'Emos fighting' before you reach the desired video. There are 126 Universities in the UK, each offering their own degrees, complete with own lecturers and therefore unique lectures. I know that at Bucks (my hole), some of these lectures are filmed, but where do they go from there? Into the dusty shelves of the library's forgotton floors no doubt. Wouldn't it be lovely if these lectures were uploaded onto a user generated site under their correct subject heading for all to see? Imagine if all the educational institutions in the world did that? It could educate the world, or at very least one person about one thing. It would also be great for those students who just can't say no to a second helping of Jeremy Kyle when they know full well their lecture is about to begin. You know who you are.

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