You may have noticed
a new link on my home page: Video Shorts. These are two-minute educational
videos that have appeared on my TV show. To date, I’ve produced about 200 of
these. Eventually, they will all be in this section of the web site. Watch a
few and I think you will find they are fast and painless ways to learn.
I developed this format in 2009 and it caught on
immediately. Now I know why. These videos are optimized to the way humans learn
from multimedia. The goal is to keep the learner “in the zone,” fully engaged
and effectively relating new input to prior experience. Key to reaching the
goal is the length and pace of the presentation, and how the important
takeaways are identified.
If your eyes
haven’t glazed over by now, you may enjoy reading up on the cognitive theory of
multimedia learning here: http://theelearningcoach.com/learning/learning-theory-and-multimedia/
I can easily geek out on this subject; I recently completed
a Ph.D. in educational technology (that’s what I’ve been up to in my absence
from this blog) and concentrated my research on multimedia learning.
Fortunately, I get to apply what I’ve learned every day in helping folks do better
with their horses.
Hope you enjoy the videos!
Rick
