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Re: YouTube Offers College Credits from Watching Videos

#41

That's a positive development. It seems reasonable to predict that something that was only available to an elite class of people would be among the first things that we would all optimize our innovation for, to make the content of college courses available to everyone else. As the effect of simple demand and innovation, the ability of colleges and universities to confer durably elite status on their graduates can onl…

> However the colleges and universities will need a new way to corner the market on conferring elite status

While historically colleges and universities might have been concerned about that, they gave up on that business model many decades ago. The modern business model of colleges and universities is to provide a dating network comprised of similarly-aged, like-minded people who all reside in close proximity to each other.

While services like Tinder could pose some threat to that, I think you'll find that such services have only served to enhance that college network by providing greater discoverability within that network. The "all reside in close proximity to each other" feature offered by colleges is an important feature. The reality is that most people aren't otherwise going to travel cross-country to find their match. These Tinder-like services haven't figured out how to solve for that part on their own, leaning heavily on proximity that already exists.

So, I don't think there is any immediate threat on the horizon for colleges and universities.

Re: YouTube Offers College Credits from Watching Videos

#42

I am not enthused by this. There seems to be a lot of work out there on the idea of making some parts of education more accessible. This basically offers you freshman year general education courses through ASU, with the videos hosted on youtube. But this also charges $400 a course, which means most people would be better off taking courses at their local community college.

Agree. My local community college is $104 per credit hour. You probably get a better in person learning experience too.

Re: YouTube Offers College Credits from Watching Videos

#44

I am not enthused by this. There seems to be a lot of work out there on the idea of making some parts of education more accessible. This basically offers you freshman year general education courses through ASU, with the videos hosted on youtube. But this also charges $400 a course, which means most people would be better off taking courses at their local community college.

Agree. My local community college is $104 per credit hour. You probably get a better in person learning experience too.

My local community college is $185.50 per credit hour so the $400 fee would be quite the savings.

Re: YouTube Offers College Credits from Watching Videos

#47
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ASU is typically on the forefront of initiatives like this. They were the first major university to offer college credit for edX and Coursera courses as well. Unfortunately, I still think the cost for college credits is ridiculous and this is more expensive than going to community college or using something like Sophia.org

My local community college tuition is $185.50 per credit hour, so community college is not always cheaper.

Re: YouTube Offers College Credits from Watching Videos

#49
post #45
post #17

$400 for course credit? $350 scholarship pricing?? WTAF. I paid $6/unit ($12.50 in 2022 dollars) at my community college back in the day.

My local community college currently charges $185.50 per credit hour.

That's positively criminal. :(
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