Online Education, Distance Learning Column

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

When is lecture video search coming?

Internet search giant, Google, is apparently in discussions with CBS for video search and on-demand video. While I understand that Google is a public company after all and the company's main objective is to generate profit, it is rather disappointing that the company does not seem to be enthusiastic about providing education content to the public, specifically, lecture video search and on-demand lecture video. Not just Google, but all other companies seem to lack enthusiasm toward education. All public companies have obligation to serve their shareholders, but I just wish that they behave a little differently. If profitability is absolutely essential, perhaps, the government can give incentives. For example, Google gets tax deduction as they enable university lecture video search. As I mentioned in this column, a couple of universities already offer free online education, and free online education includes lecture video. There are substantial amount of lecture video, and I am quite certain that this benefits a lot of people. People are more educated; this improves productivity and improves economy. Even if the government allows tax deduction, over all benefits in the economy will pay back for tax deduction given to a couple of companies, Google, Yahoo and maybe Ask. This is not a very complicated scenario, and it would be really great if the government, public companies or both lighten up a little more.

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