Utilization and benefits of YouTube for the educational purposes - a review study

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Utilization and benefits of YouTube for the educational purposes - a review study

Original language description

Social software applications can be used as an important element in the process of education. YouTube, as a Web 2.0 tool, can be utilized by modern society through observation and social cooperation and interactions. YouTube and shared videos are opening new ways used for educational process. Students are motivated to getting new knowledge with the up-to-date channel for communication and sharing of the materials. The goal of this study is to explore the benefits of YouTube with respect to their use for the educational purposes. YouTube is classified as a content based social network. The profile doesn't play such an essential role as profile on Facebook. One of the key benefits is that content based social networks are usually accessible to all without necessity to create an account. Other benefits are sharing materials, higher students' involvement, and demonstrations in form of video, music or pictures. The methods used for the analysis included a method of literature review of available sources in the acknowledged databases such as Web of Science, Scopus, Springer, ScienceDirect or Google Scholar exploring the issue of YouTube with respect to educational purposes was used. Furthermore, other sources cited in the analysed studies were also examined. Secondly, on the basis of evaluation of these literature sources, the researched issue was explored. The review study is beneficial not only for academicians and students, but also for the business community. They can profit thanks to the shared materials.

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

AM - Pedagogy and education

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

European conference on e-Learning (ECEL 2016)

ISBN

978-1-911218-18-0

ISSN

2048-8637

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Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

789-793

Publisher name

Academic conferences

Place of publication

Reading

Event location

Charles University Prague

Event date

Oct 27, 2016

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

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