YouTube is here, forget the classroom!
We all are familiar with YouTube. We cannot watch all YouTube Videos in our lifetime. YouTube is an American video sharing platform founded in February 2005 currently owned by Google. YouTube allows users to upload, view, share, like and download videos. It is almost free and open access. With the ease of internet access its use is continuously increasing specially in metropolitan areas. Previously its use was limited for video sharing and entertainment but after introduction of smart phones and cheap internet services, it became more popular and its use became multidisciplinary with broad scope. Recently in few years its impact on higher education became more prominent and nowadays it became important tool of learning in higher education. Other contender platforms such as Vimeo, Metacafe, Dailymotion, Flickr, Vevo, Twitch, D tube, IGTV, 9gAGTV, Facebook watch etc. are also available (Twitgoo.com) but their impact and role in higher education is negligible as compared to Y...