The ability to use video as a educational and training
tool is invaluable. The advantages of using video training include saving
time for the instructor as well as for the student. It take less time
to deliver the same message with a video than with a traditional lecture.
The information is compressed into only what is best for
the learning process. Extraneous information is cut out, and human
error is eliminated.
There is also no restriction on time of delivery. Video
can be used atthe viewers leisure, 24 hours a day. Tape distruibution
allows the education process to leave the classroom- viewers can watch it at home
with a VCR. Video training also saves money and resources. It reduces
the time spent by staff, management, and instructors in training people. New
workers become productive sooner when training time is lessened.
Travel time and costs are reduced when the instructor no longer has to go to each training site, but instead can simply send
a video. There is also the benefit of consistency. A video training
tape delivers the same message every time it is viewed. This increases
worker productivity as inconsistencies and biases in worker training is eliminated.
