Topics to be Addressed and Key Activities 
(Tentative Listing)

  • Video in Learning: Formats and Models
    • Video Stories (YouTube-like short knowledge segments from the field)
    • Video Content (Rapid development of video based learning modules)
    • Video in the Classroom (Expertise in the classroom:  Leaders, Peers or Learners)
    • Video Chats & Conferences (Connected the Distributed Workforce & Workplace)
    • Video Performance Support (Learning at the Moment of Need or Change)
    • Video for Business Processes (eg. Orientation, Hiring, Customer Support)
    • Video Coaching (Short, Nano-Mentoring Processes)
    • Video LearningMix (Blending Video with eLearning & Classroom)

    • Video in Learning: Corporate and Learner “Drivers”
      • Distributed Workforce: Reaching Virtual Teams
      • Agile Learning: Rapid Deployment for Changing Circumstances
      • The “Watching” Trend and Habit: The Viewing Web
      • Knowledge Capture and UserContent
      • Context with Content
      • Enhancing and Spreading Key Stories in the Organization
      • Limited Travel: Budget, Optics and Balanced Lifestyles
      • Global Organizations
    • Creating/Capturing Video for Learning
      • Creating Corporate “You-Tube” for Video Content Segments
      • When to Stage and When to Harvest Content
      • Fundamentals of “Shooting” a Video Story
      • From Webcams to Hollywood: Lab Experience
      • Storing and Discovering Content
      • Video and Learning Content Management Systems
      • Video Standards, Costs, Challenges and IT
    • “Good Enough” Designs Can Work
      • Learners Want Focused, Rapid & Trusted Content from Expertise
      • Designing from Video Formats & Templates
      • Linking Instructional Design and Video
      • Calming the Lawyers: Video and Compliance Issues
      • Video Goes Global: Language and Jargon Issues
      • Blending Video into eLearning and Classroom Content
      • The Half-Life of Video – For the Week or For Years?
    • Real Time Video for Learning
      • From “Meetings” to “Connections” & “Moments”
      • The Skype Experience Changes Video Chat
      • Video Conferencing Modes (Telepresence to Desktop)
      • Video in Webinars
      • Skills for Real Time Video
      • Changing the Culture
      • Video for Leading Distributed and Global Teams
    • Discovery Labs:
      • iPads, iPhones, Blackberry & Android: Video on Devices
      • The “Cloud” and Video: Methods & Models for Safe Access
      • Changing Cameras, Sound and Lights: Making Good Enough Great!
      • LearningMix: Blending Video with Classroom, eLearning & Beyond
      • Research on Video Access:  Transactive Memory? Retention? Trust?
      • Integrating Video into Corporate Collaboration (eg. Sharepoint, Social & Intranets)
      • Video as Performance Support:  Learning at the Moment of Need & Change
      • Language and Accessibility: Other Languages & 508 Compliance
    • Issues and Challenges
      • Budget Issues for Video: Who Pays?
      • Tracking Issues: Do We Track Start and Stop in LMS?
      • Chunking Issues: How Long is Too Long?
      • IT Issues: Working With and Around IT & Communications Groups
      • Tablet & Mobile Issues: The Consumerization of Devices
      • Culture Issues: Will it Work in China & Brazil?
      • Distraction Issues: Is Anyone Really Watching the Webinar or Doing Email?
      • Competencies Issues:  Who “Owns” and Drives Video for Learning
      • The Future of Video for Learning
      • Culture Issues: Will it Work in China or with Older Workers?
    Organizational Examples:  We will bring a number of senior corporate leaders, who are implementing video in their learning programs, into the program via live chat, to discuss the realities and challenges of growing this capacity.  Participants will have an opportunity to discuss how health care, financial services, government and technology organizations are expanding (and sometimes contracting) the use of video for learning.

    Note: The Video for Learning LAB & Seminar will add additional content and technology as the field rapidly changes.  The MASIE Center’s Learning CONSORTIUM tracks new uses of Video for Learning in our 240 member organizations and will integrate changing uses, patterns, challenges and technologies in real-time.