I learn plenty from YouTube videos that are just non-interactive one-to-many lecturing. I think it's something else that makes the system in which lectures embedded a bad one.
Just a reminder that the backbone of our entire education system — non-interactive one-to-many lecturing — is a demonstrably terrible way to learn anything. And we've known this for a very, very long time.
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it helps that you’re choosing which videos to watch when
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Also, to the extent that it does provide value, there's absolutely no reason it can't be pre-recorded and served for near-zero marginal cost. See Khan-academy. It's actually more valuable in that context because you can rewind if you get lost.
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Wasting human teachers on lecturing instead of tutoring is a colossally stupid waste of resources that continues only because all of the ideas about how college should function predate digital video (and, for that matter, electric lights).
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This is what I try to do in my hs science classroom. Lots of labs and simulations. Interpreting data and results and discussing interesting topics. I do have to do some direct instruction as well but it is my least favorite part.
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I did pretty well in school by sitting still, ignoring the "important person", and reading ahead in the textbooks
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And is designed to train conformist cogs in an agricultural / manufacturing based early industrializing economy.
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I’d actually argue the opposite. “Cogs” who were barely engaged with the in-person format can get the same thing or more from a video. This is most students. The people who engage with the professor for personalized learning and mentorship are going to miss that.
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