At some colleges, students who miss recorded lectures can catch them later at a computer in a lab or in their dorm room. Multimedia goes video Outside academia, corporate trainers find digital a vast improvement over videotape. Although the video box may take up only a small space on a computer interface, it adds a new dimension of instruction to users. You can show how to do things in a more engaging way than you can with animation, because you can show real people in real situations. The fundamental difference between traditional CBT and digital video, in fact, comes down to the difference between animation and a human being.
Video is a very powerful medium, more powerful than any other.
But it's difficult to do right. Art Bauer, AMI'S CEO, says the original series was on video, but the revision will be sold on individual CD-ROMS or for network application. By digitizing the content, AMI'S clients can jump directly to the management issue they need to study. The costs have come down astronomically. It's now become a question of when do you choose to use it.