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Crash Course – Educational course videos on YouTube

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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 said, I am not impressed with this course collection. I went to the history section and clicked on Egyptian history it was 10 min video of some guy reducing a great civilization to a cartoonish caricature. That's no way to inspire kids, we need to stop replicating classrooms. Classrooms suck. I would instead have my kids watch 'Great Egyptians' series on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=great+egyptians

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.

Graph Theory links please? :)

https://www.youtube.com/user/DrSaradaHerke

Thanks :)

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.

I'm the same with YouTube. I actually replaced my TV watching routine for following regulars on YouTube. When YouTubers collaborate you get to discover a new layer of enjoyment. For example, Roman Atwood and his crazy ball prank[1] followed up by Freddie Wong getting the balls and making a real-turns-surreal movie about it[2]. You end up discovering the links yourself which gives you a real sense of reward.

YouTube is really fun, partly because I started a daily vlog[3] back in March where I build a startup and provide educational content. I've learnt so much about this crazy culture :)

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t0EtKlQxyo

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NybEuVg96L0

[3] http://theentrepreneurvlog.com

Would love to know which Yoga lesson you followed, been planning on doing it but haven't found a great one yet, a recommendation might spur it along a bit.

I just follow Adriene's lessons( https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene) . I have a left shoulder injury so I have developed mods over the years to standard poses like using a block for trikonasana, keeping hands by my heart instead of overhead in Vriksasana ect.

Super, thanks!

Are you expecting significant depth from a video series called 'Crash Course'? The point of the series is to give a broad overview of events, not to be scholastic courses on specific periods.

sorry, didn't make that connection until it was too late to edit my comment.

I agree, the content isn't very good, classrooms suck. And it's ashame - the digital world with it's visuality and animation and control seems like the perfect fit for visualization based memorizing systems(like the memory palace) , which are very effective.

Extra History is actually quite good for this.

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5Aq7g4bil7bnG...

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)

If you like that, check out Cody's Lab: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu6mSoMNzHQiBIOCkHUa2Aw

One of my favorite channels.

I've been going through U.S. History. This series is really great, highly recommended.

After that, go through

- The Great War: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB2vhKMBjSxMK8YelHj6V...

- Extra History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbBHk_zLTmY&list=PLhyKYa0YJ_...

The Great War is fantastic, learned so much. 10/10.

Youtube is full of hidden gems, all a matter of taste.

Meta-programming: https://www.youtube.com/user/jblow888

Math'n'music edutainment: https://www.youtube.com/user/Vihart

Science edutainment: https://www.youtube.com/user/Vsauce

Feats of incredible gaming skill: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz4GCnY4I0380v7GmXQQSWw

Tidbits of hacking ingenuity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB6eY73sLV0

Looking for heart in pop culture: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nerdwriter1

You can get lost in the maze of excess information. It's great - i think...

> 90% of your cells in your body are bacterial

seriously, they are still propagating that myth based on no serious data?

Yes that's wrong, but the paper that corrected this misconception wasn't published until January of 2016. I think you should give them at least a year to update before unleashing the disapproving scowl.

The new paper estimating roughly equal numbers of bacteria and human cells:

http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/01/06/036103

My point is that it was never proved in the first place. You should never reprint rumors as hard facts especially if your business is education.

I really like the idea of this kind of thing, but I thought it was going to be nicely animated presentations. I was disappointed to see it's that Hank guy talking. He speaks in an annoying version of a newscaster voice, and it's distracting that they keep showing him instead of focusing only on the content. He also speaks too fast and jumps over concepts. It's disappointing that the most popular pop science stuff on YouTube involves this guy. I'd rather something more like Khan Academy, with better animations. He speaks in a more normal voice, and goes slow to really cover a concept.

Being a longtime fan of "that Hank guy," I obviously disagree. But I can see where you're coming from. The humanities are covered by his brother, who you may find less annoying.

I really like the Philosophy course. The new one on video games is leaving something to be desired though.

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.

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.

I watched almost half of them.

World History (1 & 2) and Astronomy are my two favorites.

Can anyone recommend a good youtube series on [software] project management and team communication?

Of course, Crash Course oversimplifies a lot and that is to be expected, but I would still avoid the philosophy courses. I mean ffs Hank makes a mistake in the first 12 seconds of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TFCMK4i2lo

Or this video https://youtu.be/YaDvRdLMkHs which is riddled with mistakes like calling Nietzsche a nihilist or him embracing nihilism

"Hank" didn't make the mistake. He's just reading a script. Dr. Ruth Tallman is the writer.

Been a fan of Crash Course for some time, a good bite-sized video to tune into when you have a little bit of spare time. World History & Astronomy were my tops, currently watching the Games series which they have not yet finished.

Interesting inclusion of intellectual property as a top level subject.

As Med student, i really enjoyed watching anatomy & physiology course. It's accurate and not over simplified. I have recommend it to a ton of people !

I love these. I was introduced to these via sci-show. I love having them on as background noise when Im doing something mindless: Working out, yardwork, etc

I started with their Economics course and I really loved it.

Their ongoing course on Video games...is less stellar than I hoped.

Depending on what you are looking for ExtraCreditz might be an excellent alternative.

https://www.youtube.com/user/ExtraCreditz

I really enjoyed few courses I found on the site. I think my kids would enjoy it too.

What a nicely curated site!

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