Vodcasting: Entertainment v. Education

The thing that's important to understand about educational videos is that to be effective, they also have to be entertaining. As any teacher can tell you, if the manner of presentation is boring, the content will be lost on your students. I think that those who set out to produce educational videos should keep in mind the elements of what makes the most popular entertainment videos so successful. The YouTube video "The Machine Is Us/ing Us" is a very good example.