H2O arose out of a law school, where the textbooks are basically just very expensive compilations of prior case law. Some publishers add additional comments and other materials to the casebooks, but for the most part, you're just paying for someone else to print out and excerpt public public domain material for you. Makes it a particularly good target for remixing.
Unfortunate that it is restricted to .edu e-mail addresses. I taught a law class last year for which I used MIT's Nb.mit.edu platform. H20 would make a nice complement to that.
I would love to see something like this but for MOOCs. Some of the bigger sites are already doing this with micro-degrees on specific topics. But it would be great if anyone could mix and match the best or most relevant videos from different courses to create a meta-course.
I am working on building the Teaching app for iOS.
It will literally be called "Teaching" and it will be for teachers to collect youtube videos, articles etc. into a flipped classroom curriculum. Also will let them design quizzes to take in class. If the user switches the app to the background, it alerts the teacher to cheating. And so on. An all-in one solution.
By the way, if you want to join me on this project, email me (the button is at https://qbix.com/about)
This is a great idea, because it is now possible for anyone to learn almost anything through YouTube videos. It isn't necessarily the best format, especially for children, but done the right way it can really change the education process.
H2O arose out of a law school, where the textbooks are basically just very expensive compilations of prior case law. Some publishers add additional comments and other materials to the casebooks, but for the most part, you're just paying for someone else to print out and excerpt public public domain material for you. Makes it a particularly good target for remixing.