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"Last month saw the launch in Europe of YouTube Edu, which specialises in educational videos and which started in the US earlier in the year. Popular UK clips include Shakespeare experts discussing sonnets, and an explanation of dark matter using a pint of Guinness and a pub window. The variety of material available is huge and so are the injections of cash – over the summer, the UK government announced an Open Learning Innovation Fund of up to £20m." Taken from yesterday's Guardian article on the use of web technologies in Higher Education http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/nov/10/web-technology-degree- future-online?&CMP=EMCEDUEML358 Counted 61 Shakespeare related clips today. -- Eve-Marie Oesterlen Project Researcher British Universities Film & Video Council 77 Wells Street London W1T 3QJ tel: 020 7393 1502 fax: 020 7393 1555 [log in to unmask] www.bufvc.ac.uk moving image knowledge and access -- This e-mail (including attachments) and the information it contains are confidential and may be privileged. If you have received this e-mail in error please delete it from your system. Unless you are the intended recipient, you should not copy this e-mail for any purpose, or disclose its contents to any other person. This e-mail may contain personal views which are not the views of the BUFVC unless specifically stated. The BUFVC is not responsible for the completeness or accuracy of this communication as it has been transmitted over a public network. It is the recipient’s responsibility to scan this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. The British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC) is a limited company registered in England under company number 955348, registered as a charity No. 313582, whose registered office is at 77 Wells Street, London W1T 3QJ