Day 1: Identity and Genre Part 1

MIT Becoming the Next Bill Nye: Writing and Hosting the Educational Show, IAP 2015 View the complete course: Instructor: Elizabeth Choe In this video, Elizabeth Choe introduces the course “Becoming the next Bill Nye,“ and why this is a misnomer. She discusses the intersection of STEM education and entertainment, and aspects of a good YouTube video. Chapters 0:00:00 Introduction and rationale for the course 0:13:46 Education and entertainment on YouTube 0:28:00 Examples and discussion of educational science videos on YouTube 1:10:12 In-class activity: Educational video analysis 1:16:12 What makes a good YouTube video? License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at More courses at