Posts tagged video

I’m always interested in learning something new, and this first video (Flu Attack!) was right up my street when it popped up as a ‘post’ within my Google Reader. I already understood most of how viruses multiply from my science classes which I enjoyed. Still it was good to see a visualisation of it to get the gist of how a virus is shared and how our bodies fight it.

I also liked seeing the credit crunch explained in a video. This was from a year and a bit ago, back when it was all kicking off in everyones awareness:

What would you like to see illustrated in a video? What would make more sense to you if you saw it illustrated or in real time?

For me a good explanation of profit and loss with T account balancing and double book keeping would have saved me a lot of aggrow back in Uni!

2009 seems to be the year of video and strangely enough the year of the written word. Its a balancing act between different consumption styles, some people prefer to be more vocation and also see what is being taught, while others learn by reading. Most learn via a mixture of the two styles of presentation.

Personally .. I’m loving the way of screencasts and also illustrated videos that teach. Makes me wonder about that saying ‘Seeing is believing’, is seeing also the way to understanding?

I love watching TED.com .. its not much of a secret as I talk about it with a lot of different people. I love to learn new things, new perspectives and TED is a perfect medium for me in expanding my mind, opening my mind to new interpretations.

I’m not talking in this post about Cancer, its a serious condition and I’ve had quite a few close friends and family either die or survive. It was very unique to hear Eva talk about Cancer as a failed repair condition and I will be watching her in the future and I fervently hope that her ideas become a reality.

Instead I’m talking about the medium of sharing information. I’m a passionate learner, and I’m interested in different ways of learning and consuming information. Video’s are become more prevalent on the internet with Vimeo, YouTube, Veoh, Google Video and so many more. Screencapture software is now a lot more affordable too or even better … free! Its been great to see that I’ve been watching the business industry for many years, that companies are developing and including video presentation into their online representation more and more. For marketing, sharing information and teaching customers about their products which goes beyond the marketing of a product and actually discussing it with its end clients.

Video is especially great for teaching. I’m a good teacher, I enjoy it and would love to teach a classroom but I’m hearing impaired and this new medium of recording tutorials for on demand classes for students / employees to learn from is great. Include subtitles and everyone will benefit. Everyone can then watch the video, read the subtitles to ensure that they’ve heard the entire message (which is so incredibly important to me as a hearing impaired woman), to watch the reality of how something is done. Its invaluable. Its almost approaching a vocational way of learning as the person watching the training video will actually see how what is being taught is done, they can then duplicate this in their own time.

I’ll be speaking on this blog about this area (among other areas of interest / knowledge) and showing exactly what I mean about the importance that video will have on corporate knowledge management. Just imagine how useful it would be if you, starting a new role that is replacing a previous member of staff, could watch them presenting their work informally in a simple recorded video.

Pretty great isn’t it, that TED and now businesses and individuals can share their knowledge and the information that made up their knowledge with the world! Here’s another video that shows just how far it could be taken:

Definitely food for thought.