Prodeus

I love how simply brute force this is to tackle self-directed education using existing content on YouTube, giving people a way to track their own efforts via a Chrome extension. Even better: if you watch at 2x speed, you get full credit for the content, so your progress isn't measured by time spent alone, but on content consumed!

This is super hilarious in a good way. Making good out of a simple thing people enjoy to do already. I know this is your launch but starting with a chrome browser is limiting. Many of YouTube audience watch videos on their phones. Will you have something for phone users soon? Is this in your roadmap?

Love the idea! There's a minor issue though: I tried watching a vlog on youtube and Prodeus still counted it as a class and tracked the time I spent on it. Would be helpful to improve the detection system a little bit.

Such an amazing idea! The effectiveness of learning is a subjective matter, and from my own experience, a video can be more productive of my time than the traditional class plus textbook (not to mention cost). And what better way to introduce this than using a video-sharing platform we are all extremely familiar with! Great work, James!

I love this - It fits my learning style perfectly and allows me to be comfortable exploring new subjects in a way I never thought possible.