How to Videobooks Compare to CD-ROM training?
Videobooks are one of the web's newest learning tools. They feature downloadable instructor-led courses
similar to computer-based training CD-ROMs yet they are delivered online (i.e. without the CD).
Videobooks Similar to Both Live Classes and Technical Books
This online training option allow an individual or business to receive the same
type of expert instruction they would receive from an in-person training. The difference
is that they can view the video whenever it is most convenient for them, as well
as watch the video as many times as they like without having to reschedule an expensive
in-house training session a second or third time.
Video books also offer users the ability to view the video at their leisure, either
on the computer or on portable electronic devices like the Blackberry, iPod, or
other smart phones and video mp3 players.
Videobook Websites
These days there are videobook websites that are, in essence, huge online training
library. LearnItFirst.com, an independent video training company, has a network
of more than thirteen different websites of videobooks, each specializing in a
different software topic. Because these websites typically focus on one specific
topic, it makes them incredibly easy to use and understand.
These how-to videos tend to be between 5 to 15 minutes in length, and can cover
almost every topic that a subscriber is interested at the click of a button. Video
book websites continue to update their videos regularly, so more and more video
training guides are available on a monthly basis.
Businesses look to videobooks as a way to train their employees on important topics
like software without having to pay the cost of an in-house training, which can
be thousands of dollars or more. Individuals look to videobooks to learn things
that they need to know right away, and to receive greater instruction than they
do from how-to books and DVDs.
Costs
The difference in cost between online video training and expert led classes is huge.
Classes with a paid instructor can cost a few thousand dollars per training, and
can only be viewed once. But online video libraries provide several more hours of
video, unlimited viewing, and cost less than a tenth of a "live" class
and about half the cost of an instructional DVD.
On LearnItFirst.com, the average videobook is about 10 minutes long, and the average
videobook contains 40 videos or more. A single subscription to a videobook website
in the LearnItFirst.com network provides users with unlimited viewing of their video
manuals, for the cost of a single technical book.
The Videobook Experience
Video books are designed to allow people to receive the video training they need
from an unbiased expert that knows how to teach the lesson. While many people may
have their doubts about the quality of instruction or how easily they can learn
from a video training, rest assured that expert instruction is far more informative
than vendor instruction (which is often filled with plugs and self promotion) and
online learning has the same learning rates as in-person learning, except that with
online learning if you forget something, you can watch the video again and again.
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