YouTube ‘Courses’ has expanded its educational tool to three new markets in Latin America: Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. First launched in five markets last year, ‘Courses’ has been developed to allow Selected educational content creators offers structured, multi-lesson learning programs directly on the platform.
Starting today, qualified creators from Mexico, Colombia and Argentina will be able to start offering courses, both free and paid. This mode not only provides monetization opportunities for creators, but also offers deeper, distraction-free learning experiences, such as ad-free video viewing and the ability to play content in the background .
Key features of YouTube ‘Courses’
‘Courses’ on YouTube will introduce several features designed to transform the platform into a stronger educational environment:
- Multi-session structure: Unlike individual videos, ‘Courses’ allow users to follow entire programs, providing a more meaningful and in-depth learning approach.
- Special Features: Among the new features, the ‘Courses’ include downloadable files, worksheets and other educational resources to enhance learning.
- To date, the platform has 19 courses from creators from Mexico, Argentina and Colombia, available worldwide. These courses cover a wide range of subjects, from History and Mathematics to Health and Sustainability, demonstrating a commitment to diversity of content and educational relevance.
The expansion of ‘Cursos’ to these three Latin American countries not only increases the visibility of local creators on the world stage, but also marks an important step in YouTube’s commitment to education and continuous learning. . This initiative represents an evolution in the way users interact with online educational content, offering a more structured and richer alternative to traditional video learning methods.
“With YouTube Impacta we want to give visibility to the intensive work we have done in recent years together with strategic partners in education, health, news and childhood, enabling products that bring educational content to the audience that we use and that emphasizes quality information, highlighting news from reliable sources, a key issue in times as relevant as the current electoral process in Mexico,” he said Tim Katz, Global Director of Duty and CEO of the Canada and Latin America region.
Two new courses available in my Classroom
In addition to offering this opportunity to content creators, YouTube has partnered with UNESCO to develop two new courses that are available and completely free to users within the group. My Classroomwith the aim of providing students with videos that support learning at secondary and high school level in their countries.
In partnership with UNESCO, they developed two new Courses to address two important opportunities, the first, Learn how to teach with videos, is a course for teachers on how to use video as a teaching resource. This course features 5 EduTubers, Chemistry Yamil, History in 10′, Facil Psico, Science by biologist Elena y I am Diana Padilla, who share their knowledge of how to use online video to teach their communities. Second, Learn to be an entrepreneurfor anyone interested in building business skills, inspired by UNESCO’s Sustainable Development Goals
2024-04-20 00:44:21
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