The Google-owned video sharing platform is now one of the world’s greatest online education and learning platforms, and it’s not just merely used for entertainment. You can find informative videos from the greatest universities and professors on YouTube for free. The platform now wants to go one step further and create a specialized environment for its educational content creators. The YouTube Player for Education will focus on educational content and it is bare of ads, external links, or recommendations. Of course, the feature is not yet available to all creators, and YouTube is collaborating with some educational technology companies in the US before a public release. EDpuzzle, Purdue University, and Purdue Global are YouTube partners for now.
YouTube wants to be an educational-driven platform by offering courses
You can now find so many educational videos on YouTube and might ask yourself what special thing YouTube Player for Education can offer. Well, this section of the platform will be focused on educational content, and learners won’t be distracted by other materials like funny videos. The goal is to create a distraction-free environment for educational purposes. Additionally, content creators on YouTube can launch their educational courses, either free or paid. This could be a new monetization method for creators, allowing them to make money from their knowledge. YouTube users in the United States and South Korea are the first ones who can receive courses in beta. The feature will expand to other countries in the future. Many YouTube education content creators currently offer courses on Coursera, Skillshare, and MasterClass. However, YouTube Player for Education provides an in-house environment for selling courses and prevents users from wandering between multiple platforms. YouTube also wants to allow content creators to create quizzes and test learners’ knowledge of the topic. The quizzes are planned to be rolled out in the coming months in beta, and creators who have access to the Community tab can use them for their videos.
