Finding originals for YouTube videos

(Based on email and meetings between Marianne and Jason)

Marianne:

I found this video that I would like to use for my "Biology and Tech Innovation Course".

The video features Prof Martijn Poliakoff introducing the topic of Green Chemistry.

I love his videos. I like his office, I like his hair, I love his sense of
humor (maybe not always intentional big grin), I like his examples, and
his British accent. Again, I think this makes a great opening video and
brings some humor to the students - students who may be nervous entering a
chemistry module.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KYiLFkMQ_E

The video is from nottinghamscience. They post a lot of great science
videos on YouTube - I wish I could find if they had a website somewhere
else so that I do not have to expose my students to the weird comments
that often come with YouTube. I spent another 15 minutes trying to find
other sources for the same video.

The benefit of using YouTube is that it does not require students to sign up for a service or obtain special software to view it.

So my question is: where is the original NottinghamScience site with these
videos?

Jason:
So, a couple of thoughts. First, it looks as though nottinghamscience uses YouTube
as their delivery mechanism. Even if you go to their website
(http://www.test-tube.org.uk/index.htm), the videos there are "powered" by YouTube.
It isn't too uncommon for an organization to choose YouTube (or Vimeo, or others
like these) as their delivery mechanism--they make it so easy to distribute videos
online without technical knowledge.

The Green Chemistry video can be found on their site
(http://www.test-tube.org.uk/videos/pages_poliakoff_green_chemistry.htm). This
helps avoid the exposure to YouTube garbage comments, though YouTube's embedded
player is programmed such that if you click on the video (not the player controls),
it'll take you to the YouTube page (with its comments). What I would suggest is
embedding the YouTube video into your course. Students can still get to the
comments by clicking on the video, but at least while the video is within your
"space", the comments are hidden.

From other meetings:
At least every year, and definitely before a course is offered, OCE will go through the course website to determine if all the videos (that you may have downloaded) are still available on YouTube. The agreement is that when YouTube takes down a video, all copies that came from that link can no longer be used. An effort will be made to find alternative sites that host the video (legally) - or find  another subsitute.