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What goes round: video and learning

Clive on Learning

I was hooked, particularly when videodiscs players replaced the VCRs. But by the late 1980s, CD-ROM had taken the place of videodisc, media went digital, and they took our video away. The CD was designed as a music carrier and had neither the bandwidth nor the capacity for decent video. More than most of us have today.

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Yet another renaissance for the training video

Clive on Learning

Video Arts was formed in 1972 by a number of colleagues at the BBC, including Anthony Jay and Cleese himself, who were dismayed at the poor quality of the training films that the BBC were showing them and realised there was an opportunity to do a better job themselves.

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Online Training vs Instructor-Led Training: Which is More Effective?

Training Orchestra

Interactive training material whether on the CD-ROM or the internet would then be designed to fit the needs of the learner. Even with pre-recorded online videos and checklist-based learning modules, there’s no substituting the quality of instruction and the quality of comprehension grasped between in-person interactions.