How YouTube is part of a global economic transformation
February 2, 2012 | Source: ReadWriteWeb
The United States used to be the most educated society in the world. That's no longer true. (Credit: OECD)
Life in this world is not like it used to be just a few decades ago, and the availability of world-class education on-demand, at almost no cost, is likely to help things change all the more as this century unfolds.
YouTube now hosts more than 500,000 educational videos, on a wide variety of topics. The new mobile-friendly iTunes U also offers 500,000 educational resources and says that 60% of its viewership comes from outside the United States. This global consumption of U.S.-created online educational content may be the newest chapter in a radical transformation of global education over the past 50 years.
During the past 50 years, the expansion of education has contributed to a fundamental transformation of societies in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries,” wrote the authors of this year’s lengthy report, Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators. (500 page PDF).
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by Cybernettr
U.S. may no longer be at the top of the heap, but it is still dominated by North American, European and Asian countries, according to the chart above. Whether that will ever change short of radical intelligence expansion remains to be seen.