A month ago in a blog post titled “More Colleges Show Interest in Hooking Up With YouTube,” Chronicle Senior Writer Jeffrey Young wondered why it was so difficult for higher ed professionals to get their answers to their questions about YouTube’s higher ed channels on the Campus Wired blog
Since we wrote about professors on YouTube, officials from three different colleges have asked us, via e-mail, who to call at YouTube to find out more about setting up a YouTube channel. “I am having trouble contacting YouTube about signing up,†said one. Indeed, the site seems to offer no information about how to become an academic partner, and so far officials from the company have not answered follow-up questions from The Chronicle about the project.
At that time, I indicated in a comment on the Campus Wired blog that YouTube seemed to be very careful (or selective, maybe?) in its approach:
Looks like YouTube doesn’t want to be overwhelmed by requests from colleges, even though Mr. Higher Ed at YouTube presented at some selected conferences over the past few months.
Unfortunately, Obadiah Greenberg – i.e. Mr. Higher Ed at YouTube – declined my invitation to present one of Higher Ed Experts’ free 30-minute webinar – about YouTube channels – last December.
Fortunately, the good folks at Vanderbilt University recorded the panel discussion he was part of at the last NCAA convention a couple of months ago along with David Jarmul, Associate Vice President of News and Communications, Duke University (BTW – between you and me, David, I think you look better on camera than I ;-), Dan Mogulof, Executive Director of Public Affairs, University of California, Berkeley and Michael Schoenfeld, Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs, Vanderbilt University.
So, this 50-minute video (38 views at the time of this posting) is your chance to learn a bit (but just a bit) more about YouTube’s plans for Higher Ed – as well as some very good tips from 3 great higher ed executives.
Don’t have the time for 50 minutes, but still want to listen to what Mr. Greenberg told conference attendees?
Just skip to the following time codes: 3:25, 14:33, 17:37, 27:41 and 38:07.
The video cuts off a bit before the end and the sound is somehow metallic, but it does include some great content, don’t you think?