Online Lecture

Can you imagine students in Tsing Hua University in Taiwan can be able to take courses offered by the most famous professor in the U.S.A College? Want to learn how to create a rocket from an engineer at M.I.T, or study blue guitar with professor at Berkley College? Now you can all do it in front of your computer, courtesy of other people’s money. In March, Youtube launched an education hub called “Youtube Edu”, which collects over 100 schools raging from community college to Harvard business school. The on line lectures provided by the school are available to student around the world.

But now the biggest question is, why have colleges started posting all this stuff at no charge? “Schools have always wanted to have to have their own area where they could be among their peer institutions and help with the discovery of their content.” answered Obadiah Greenberg, who leads the project at Youtube. In addition, since the online content attracts prospective students, keeps alumni connected and encourages innovation. Schools have decided that this benefit outweighs the concerns about cost, intellectual property.

As for students in Taiwan, it is a good opportunity to experience different teaching style that is provided by the professors in U.S.A. and it is a window which open to the world of new and interesting knowledge.