Videos vs. Step by Steps in Training Flips

[bpeskin]

Hi Everyone,

A question for fellow trainers:

In the Level 3 course participants submit training flipcharts they will use for their school and district trainings.

More and more I am seeing videos (vodcasts) as part of the training flipchart.

THere is a trend, though, to replace step by step flipchart pages or practice pages and thorough page notes with these videocasts.

Are vodcasts good enough in your opinion? Is it okay not to have vodcasts? What balance of step by step instructions and vodcasts do you think is the right fit for a training flipchart.

If any of you are trainers for Promethean face to face or online courses, what requirements will you have for your training course participants?

Thanks,
Barbara

[Rosie MacAlpine]

Hi Barbara,
My personal preference is to have step by step instructions. In my experience, lots of teachers prefer this. I think it's easier to have a pdf or word that you can print and have in your hand while you work at the board or at the computer.
Just my two cents :)

Cheers,
Rosie

[dkootman]

Hi Barbara,

I think that the type of instruction varies in different situations. By Vodcast, I assume you mean screencasts and not actual vodcasts. I can't see how vodcasts would fit into a flipchart scenario. Screencasts can be very useful for viewers to follow along with at home or in a distance settings (similar to ActivTips). Perhaps a picture is worth a thousand words. I think Rosie has a point for more step by step static pages for other situations though. Furthermore, some people like to learn new material at their own pace, and even though one can pause a video, it doesnt function the same way as a pdf, flipchart page or Word doc.
Just my opinions though ;)