Berkeley Webcast
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Berkeley Webcast is an initiative of the University of California, Berkeley
developed by the Berkeley Multimedia Research Center (BMRC) to share video and audio of full undergraduate courses and on-campus events. Initial research at BMRC was aided by grants from the National Science Foundation
. Under its initial name, the "Berkeley Internet Broadcasting System," the project delivered its first seminar webcast January 1995, with the broadcast of regular courses beginning in the spring of 1999. The site now includes over 100 full courses available through streaming Real Media video, streaming audio, MP3
download, and podcast
, with availability of these different options varying by course and event.
Since the fall of 2007, all Berkeley Webcast materials have been assigned a Creative Commons
license. Berkeley has started to make select webcasts originally produced for the project available on select external services — iTunes U in 2006 and Youtube
in 2007. Before being uploaded on Youtube, in 2006 alone, lectures had been viewed 4.3 million times on their local host at webcast.berkeley.
The project was awarded the 2002 Larry L. Sautter Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Information Technology.
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
developed by the Berkeley Multimedia Research Center (BMRC) to share video and audio of full undergraduate courses and on-campus events. Initial research at BMRC was aided by grants from the National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
. Under its initial name, the "Berkeley Internet Broadcasting System," the project delivered its first seminar webcast January 1995, with the broadcast of regular courses beginning in the spring of 1999. The site now includes over 100 full courses available through streaming Real Media video, streaming audio, MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
download, and podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
, with availability of these different options varying by course and event.
Since the fall of 2007, all Berkeley Webcast materials have been assigned a Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
license. Berkeley has started to make select webcasts originally produced for the project available on select external services — iTunes U in 2006 and Youtube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
in 2007. Before being uploaded on Youtube, in 2006 alone, lectures had been viewed 4.3 million times on their local host at webcast.berkeley.
The project was awarded the 2002 Larry L. Sautter Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Information Technology.