By Sebastian Grady
Airdate: Oct 26, 2010, [Tue] 01:00 PM Eastern
Informal Training: Anytime, Anywhere Learning with Video
Informal learning covers learning independent of traditional instructor –led programs. He said that its becoming more formal. Training is shifting from live to online training. This way they can find it when they want it, and not be confined to when the instructor is available. He talked about bridging the gap between traditional and modern instruction. Traditional allows for hands on whereas modern may not if using technology. He discussed how video is exploding in the consumer world. YouTube is emerging in the classroom for school projects.
He discussed consumer video vs. enterprise video. Consumer is only 2 ½ mins in length, used with slider navigation and video. Enterprise can be 47 minutes in length and can use media w/powerpoint. Whiteboard sessions are becoming popular also. He said that a video can tell a story versus a picture that may paint a thousand words. You can insert a video link into the presentation. He had a picture posted that appears to show a man trying to steal a lady’s purse, but once you play the video you would see he actually saved her life by pulling her out of harm’s way when he grabbed her purse. So the video showed the true story versus the image.
He showed how you may reduce costs and increase revenues within an organization by using on-demand type trainings. He gave an example of how this benefitted General Motors. GM had 50,000 techs and saved $20M by using the on-demand video to train as opposed to bringing them to a live training session on-site.
Oracle Global sales had 15,000 sales professionals attend a virtual event and had a 400% increase in sales just based off of that training event.
I think this type of technology is very helpful in the classroom. I think you could use this type of video session to conduct a parent-teacher conference. The parent may appreciate not having to spend gas money to drive to a school and sit, when he or she may just log into a webconference and achieve the same end result. A college professor may want to use this in a virtual classroom. High school students that are online students, may also benefit from the use of this tool.
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