YouTube Dilemmas: The Appropriation of User-Generated Online Videos in Teaching and Learning.

Abstract

This article explores specific examples of participatory and multimedia learning, along with questions of credibility, legal and ethical issues, and the educational value of online sources incorporated by students into their research papers and presentations in the seminar, Media and Society. YouTube, a video-sharing website with global contributions of user-generated videos, is of particular interest because its user-generated content is freely uploaded by a diverse pool of users who have no obligation to uphold standards of accuracy. I discuss my dilemmas concerning the inclusion of user-generated online videos into presentations and lectures, and explain why, despite the dilemmas, I consider YouTube to be a potentially useful tool for teaching and learning. I contextualize the educational value of user-generated online videos in the light of current research on multimedia learning, and suggest directions for future research.

Keywords: participatory learning, credibility of sources, YouTube, copyright, fair use clause, multimedia instruction.

Lorencova, Viera.
YouTube Dilemmas: The Appropriation of User-Generated Online Videos in Teaching and Learning.
Currents in Teaching and Learning 1, no. 1 (Fall 2008): 62-71.

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