I think that podcasting is a fantastic educational resource. I've seen it used for lectures or grand rounds, and for tutorials for library users. Making information available on an as-needed basis, removing the strictures of time and place, is very useful for our end-users.
I had always considered YouTube an entertainment resource, and not really considered its educational possibilities before. However, today I found this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_uOKFhoznI. It's a lecture from UCBerkeley, and it's about Library 2.0. It was very interesting (and relevant), and I love that this sort of resource is so freely available. Also, as described in the "scenario" section of Seven Things You Should Know About...YouTube (http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7018.pdf), students can use YouTube to develop class-related videos, either individually (with feedback from others), or wiki-style as a group.
As our incoming students are more and more geared to using social networking tools in general, I think it's very appropriate that we expand our educational "toolbox" and incorporate them into the academic sphere.
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