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Effective Video Training – Breaking it down

Effective Video Training – Breaking it down

by on April 24, 2012 in blended learning, technology, Training Development, Uncategorized, Video, YouTube

It’s no surprise that the use of video in corporate training continues to gain in popularity among corporate      Learning and Development departments. Brandon Hall, the research firm based out of Delray Beach, FL, polled over 300 training professionals back in 2011 and found the top 2 reasons for using video in training – effectiveness and high engagement.

These two concepts seem to go hand in hand. People respond to video. It catches our attention. Combining moving pictures with audio in a compelling way draws people into the subject. A good training video can bring out a similar level of engagement as a good movie or television show. I always find it interesting that people would often rather watch other people on a screen than interact with them in person (Hitchcock had it right – there’s an element of voyeurism in each of us).

There’s an art as well as a …

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Video Training – why it’s here to stay

Video Training – why it’s here to stay

by on January 13, 2012 in eLearning, Innovation, mobile learning, technology, Uncategorized, Video, YouTube


I’ve been a movie and video nut for most of my life. Three high school friends and I produced a slew of super-8 movies that played to typically strong reviews (those I choose to remember anyway) in my high school. “Rockski – The Polish Palomino” a brilliant (to us anyway) parody of the Rocky series, remains a source of true pride for me. This continued into college and beyond using both film and video, with the productions growing more elaborate.

Being a new member of the Dashe team makes me look at video with a slightly different perspective – that of video-based training. I wanted to investigate why video training has gotten more popular in recent years.

To put things in a more global context, video is big. Brainshark, an online video presentation firm, reports on the wave of video content in general pouring out across the web. One …

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Silicon Valley Parents Question Value of Technology in Learning. Should We?

Silicon Valley Parents Question Value of Technology in Learning. Should We?

by on October 27, 2011 in Classroom Learning, Evaluation, Informal Learning, Innovation, Learning Style Theory, Social Media, technology, Training Development

According to the recent New York Times series Grading the Digital School, parents in some of the most tech savvy places in America are questioning whether the investment in classroom technology is paying off. Many are sending their children to “low-tech” schools.

In Silicon Valley, the chief technology officer of eBay sends his children to the Waldorf School of the Peninsula, a nine-classroom school, and so do employees of Google, Apple, Yahoo, and Hewlett-Packard.

… the school’s chief teaching tools are anything but high-tech: pens and paper, knitting needles and, occasionally, mud. Not a computer to be found. No screens at all. They are not allowed in the classroom …

What does evidence show?

Some experts interviewed for the first article in the series, In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores,  point out that there is little or no clear evidence that technology is paying off.

In a nutshell: schools are spending billions

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