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The Rise of YouTube University

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Not only has YouTube revolutionized the world of entertainment but it has given us the power to become experts at pretty much anything with just a single click.    For me, one of the most amazing things about YouTube is how it has made learning easier and more accessible than ever – anytime, anywhere, and for anyone. I am astonished, for example, at how much of everything my 22-year old nephew knows. He is a guy of multiple talents.   That combined with a curious nature and a self-imposed autodidact personality, and you have the making of a very successful person. I’m jealous. He has a formal education with a degree in Engineering from UC Irvine, but college has certainly not been his only form of learning. As a matter of fact, in his own words, “without YouTube, I may have not graduated.”   While in college, he used YouTube to complement everything he was learning in the classroom. He learned theory and basics from professors, but he used YouTube for concrete examples and lear