Monday, January 11, 2010

Learning through Videos

The arrival of broadband has given easy access to people across globe to use videos for educational purposes. The use of videos in education can enhance learning process to a great extent. Learning through videos is a great way of providing individualized study.

Some of the advantages of learning through videos are as follows:-
It allows us to learn in our own style and at our own pace.
We can watch the video as often as we want.
It provides visual images which motivate us and help us in better learning.
It also provides motivation to get started through a difficult topic.

We can consider following tips while we learn through videos:-
· Make sure that when we watch the video we are in a comfortable position.
· We can have a paper and pencil ready which will be of great help to take notes.
· We can ensure that we have allotted enough time to view the video so that it helps us in better understanding and retention of the content.

Youtube is one of the website which has largest collection of videos on the Internet. These videos are free to use and can be viewed immediately without downloading any software.

The link to this site - http://www.youtube.com/.
There are various other useful websites for video such as:-
· Geo tube - http://geovideos.fliggo.com/
· Student tube – http://studenttube.boostcast.com/
· Teacher tube- www.teachertube.com

So why not start incorporating videos in our learning process!

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