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Crash Course – Educational course videos on YouTube

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Post by TimJRobinson »

dominotw wrote: post #6

Youtube is my main jam these days. Today, I did the following today on youtube 1. Followed along Yoga lesson (I've done yoga for many yrs but its fun to follow along a guided path) 2. Watched graph theory (for an interview ) 3. Watched air crash investigation while eating lunch. 5. Listened to podcast/music on youtube red when was out running errands around the town. 6. Yet to decide what to watch before bed :) That…

As per the name it's supposed to be a crash course, not in depth information. I found the world history videos amazing and it was a great general overview then the areas I found most fascinating I found more in depth documentaries on.

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Post by TimJRobinson »

I love the US government, economics and world history courses. School would have been so much more interesting with these videos.

I really like the Patreon funding model for crash course. I watched them almost every day for a few months then started giving $15 a month because of how much value I'd gotten out of them. Plus the promised they'd make a physics course when they hit the next target and now they've delivered.

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Post by dominotw »

TimJRobinson wrote: post #11
dominotw wrote: post #6

Youtube is my main jam these days. Today, I did the following today on youtube 1. Followed along Yoga lesson (I've done yoga for many yrs but its fun to follow along a guided path) 2. Watched graph theory (for an interview ) 3. Watched air crash investigation while eating lunch. 5. Listened to podcast/music on youtube red when was out running errands around the town. 6. Yet to decide what to watch before bed :) That…

As per the name it's supposed to be a crash course, not in depth information. I found the world history videos amazing and it was a great general overview then the areas I found most fascinating I found more in depth documentaries on.

That's fair. I somehow didn't make that connection; long day i suppose.

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Post by manish_gill »

dominotw wrote: post #6

Youtube is my main jam these days. Today, I did the following today on youtube 1. Followed along Yoga lesson (I've done yoga for many yrs but its fun to follow along a guided path) 2. Watched graph theory (for an interview ) 3. Watched air crash investigation while eating lunch. 5. Listened to podcast/music on youtube red when was out running errands around the town. 6. Yet to decide what to watch before bed :) That…

Graph Theory links please? :)

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Post by calvano915 »

dominotw wrote: post #6

Youtube is my main jam these days. Today, I did the following today on youtube 1. Followed along Yoga lesson (I've done yoga for many yrs but its fun to follow along a guided path) 2. Watched graph theory (for an interview ) 3. Watched air crash investigation while eating lunch. 5. Listened to podcast/music on youtube red when was out running errands around the town. 6. Yet to decide what to watch before bed :) That…

Their newer content tends to be of higher quality and depth than the older. I discovered them while taking Anatomy and Physiology just after they had re-done a whole series on those topics and it was immensely useful. Between ad support and Patreon I think they'll be putting out more and more high quality courses which I welcome despite some flaws.

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Post by SquareWheel »

I've gone through a few courses. The Histories, Philosophy, and particularly Astronomy are very good.

Maybe I'm not cut out for them but I'm finding the Physics and Chemistry courses far less approachable. I'm having to go back in the video over and over to understand a concept. I think they'd be great if I already understood the concepts and wanted to review, though.

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Post by rayalez »

If you like crash course, you probably want to read this list of educational youtube channels:

https://medium.com/@bibblio_org/60-youtube-channels-that-wil...

(and here's my favorite channels that I would like to add to this list: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10203992)

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