Video programs and production technology offer a powerful tool for motivating adult learners and helping them to achieve their learning goals. This live professional development event will provide case studies, panel discussion and interviews with learners to show how you can best use video to both improve instruction and strengthen learning. New video is being developed for adult learners as never before. It offers additional opportunities to connect with learners, whether in the classroom or in a distance learning environment. With new programs that focus on workplace skills, English as a Second Language, GED, or pre-GED level life skills, many adult learners can now address their personal goals through video.
Video is also an effective educational tool.
Whether used as the core curriculum, as a complement to other instruction, or for self-expression by the learner, video is compatible with multiple learning styles because it uses sight and sound to present ideas. It also allows for fast and easy repetition of key segments. This series also illustrates the application of communication, reading and math in the workplace. Instructors and learners who have used these series will provide perspectives on how each addresses different learner goals. A Star Schools Project, administered through ESD 101, Spokane, Washington, will demonstrate the use of instructional TV offered via satellite and cable for GED preparation, citizenship, ESL and other subjects.