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Knowledge Mobilization & Impact: YouTube

A selection of web tools that support scholarly research activities across the research lifecycle.

YouTube

YouTube
"YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small. YouTube is a Google company."

How YouTube Supports Research

What's the Research-Related Purpose?

To use a distribution platform for your original video content.
To create thematic playlists of videos on a particular topic.

Additional Information:

Requires a free Google account for login in order to upload videos or create and share playlists.

Further Reading:

YouTube vs. Vimeo, What's the Difference? [TechSmith Blog]
Evidence-based, informative and on YouTube? How to communicate science in the Internet age
Dorothy Bishop, Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology
YouTube Help Center

University of Lethbridge Examples: YouTube

Research at the U. of Lethbridge [Playlist]

What Makes You Shine: Dr. Jon Doan (PhD ’06)

Herbarium Digitization -- U. of Lethbridge Library

Out Of This World - U. of Lethbridge Video Contest