One of the best parts of video lectures is their flexibility. Online students can easily watch the parts they need and skip over the information they already know. According to a recent Wired Campus post, MIT has taken this technology one step further. They've created a search engine that brings users to the exact part in the video they are looking for. A user types in keyword and the search engine knows how far into the film that word is discussed. Wired Campus explains how the program was developed:

"The search engine, a prototype, was developed at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. The system can now search 200 recorded MIT lectures, in video and audio, and the technology could be adopted at other universities."

This technology has a ton of potential, particularly for those of us who rely primarily on virtual lectures.