Video is everywhere. If all we look at are YouTube statistics, they report over 1 billion people use YouTube, or a third of all internet users. As of May 2019, 500 hours of video was being uploaded to their platform every minute. Yes, every minute. What does that mean for e-learning? When so many peopleContinue reading “What Can Video Add to Your E-Learning?”
Category Archives: Video
Deepfakes: How to Protect Your E-Learning
Can you trust videos you see online? Now that digital technology has made it possible to doctor video in incredibly realistic ways, it’s a question that corporate trainers are challenged to answer in order to guard the integrity of their courses. People routinely look for information online. Learners find the internet a source of quickContinue reading “Deepfakes: How to Protect Your E-Learning”
Improving Accessibility Through Video Captions
Have you noticed that captions (a.k.a. subtitles) in social media videos have become more common? Captioning videos has historically been used in e-learning to improve accessibility for learners with hearing impairments. Beyond accessibility, evidence is emerging that captions improve engagement and comprehension (hence why you are seeing more videos with captions on Facebook). In short, thereContinue reading “Improving Accessibility Through Video Captions”