What courses are available on Youtube through NPTEL?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the availability of video lectures on YouTube through the NPTEL initiative, which provides educational content in engineering and science from Indian institutions. Participants share links to specific courses and express their experiences with the content.

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  • Technical explanation
  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant highlights the NPTEL initiative as a government-funded project offering video lectures similar to MIT's OpenCourseWare.
  • Several links to specific NPTEL courses are provided, each consisting of around 40 one-hour lectures.
  • Another participant expresses appreciation for the collection and mentions following specific courses, such as prestressed concrete.
  • A request is made for alternative websites to stream recorded lectures on optics and electromagnetic wave theory, indicating a desire for resources beyond YouTube.
  • A suggestion is made to check the 'Introductory Physics Tutorials' forum for links to Walter Lewin's physics courses at MIT, which cover electromagnetism and optics.
  • Concerns are raised about the audio quality and accents of the NPTEL lectures, which some participants find challenging to understand.
  • A participant praises Walter Lewin's lectures and mentions their availability on MIT's OpenCourseWare.
  • A request for links to audio physics lectures is made by another participant.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a mix of appreciation for the NPTEL resources and concerns about their accessibility, particularly regarding audio quality. There is no consensus on the best alternative resources for physics lectures beyond YouTube.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express specific preferences for lecture formats and quality, indicating that their experiences with the NPTEL content may vary based on personal learning styles and technical issues.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in accessing engineering and science lecture content, particularly those looking for resources from Indian institutions or alternative physics lectures beyond YouTube.

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The http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/" is an initiative funded by the Government of India.

They've put up video lectures from various courses in engineering and science which were taught at the Indian Institute of Science or the various Indian Institute of Technologies on youtube. This is analogous to the video lectures of the MIT OCW program.

I've linked to some of the courses below. Each link has a series of lectures. For the entire list, http://www.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=nptelhrd".

Note that each individual lecture is about 1 hour, and a complete course has around 40 lectures.

- http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=35EBF66D99E7A0EC"

- http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7987F30C41A9ADCB"

- http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=06FB41A69C7D618D"

- http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=338D19C40D6D1732"

- http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=803563859BF7ED8C"

- http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D2350A83B752C861"

- http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0862D1A947252D20"

- http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=1CE5B4FFFA997E5D"

- http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A4CBD0C55B9C3878"

- http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3F50D04B70A5B935"

- http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=080F1A848428C3FD"

- http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=112A527F83F7A5E4"

- http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=CA944605A8EDE42A"

- http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F178600D851B098F"

This is an ongoing project, so check http://www.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=nptelhrd" for additional content which may have been added.
 
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Awesome collection siddharth :approve:
 
Yes very good, I've been following the prestressed concrete courses. There are sitll more i want to check.
 
stream lecture videos

can anyone give me a website were i could stream recorded lectures. specially on optics and electromagnetic wave theory.
anything but youtube i know that ofcourse.
i would preffer a website dedicated for physics or scieance
thanks!
 
@tmaon: Have you had a look at the 'Introductory Physics Tutorials' forum link above ?
Hopefully there should be a link to Walter Lewin's physics courses (there is emag and some optics topics) taught at MIT, my favourites.
 
These look really good but it's really hard to actually understand them because of both the poor audio quality and their accents..
 
Walter Lewin rocks! i have attended every single lecture. They are available at ocw.mit.edu
 
.mp3 physics lectures`

anyone have a link
 
Thanks great share
 

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