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Mike Caulfield's latest web incarnation. Networked Learning, Open Education, and Online Digital Literacy


Fireside Tutorials and Punk Economics

What do we call this genre of videos, these informal explanations by Khan Academy, RSA:Animate, Common Craft, Vi Hart, and others — these sit across the desk from you and talk things through? I have no idea. But I’m fascinated with the form, and how rethinking video this way makes a lecture seem more like tutoring — even when (as in the case of RSA:Animate) the material is often an adapted lecture.

Anyway, this is my most recent find — Punk Economics, by David McWilliams:

If you have other great examples, shoot me an email or post in the comments.



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