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Category overview, Programming strategies for education content – Google YouTube Creator Playbook Guide Education User Manual

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Category Overview

Programming Strategies for Education Content

The scope of educational content that lives on YouTube is diverse, and so too are the accompanying channel

strategies. Channel strategies primarily differ along three dimensions –

content style, content scope,

and

programming strategy.

Content Style

Edutainment

– a less formal, entertainment approach for educating while engaging learners

Academic

– a more formal, structured teaching approach, often in the form of screencasting or

curriculum-based lectures

Academic  

Edutainment  

SciShow  

UC  Berkeley  Psych  1  

Content Scope

Supplemental

videos typically do not include detailed instruction, but are great for illustrating a specific

topic or bringing an idea to life. They are useful complements to formal instruction.

Other videos are designed to be comprehensive

full lessons

, providing systematic, detailed instruction

on a specific topic.

Full  Lesson  

Supplemental  

Super  Simple  Songs  

Khan  Academy