The thing with video presentations as opposed to text is that you have to “read” it at a predetermined speed and access the information in a straight line. For this particular presentation, my norm would be scan the headline & the intro, read the three types & their explanation, then scan down through the article for what the 10 items are and how they fit in the three types. I then go back to the beginning and read in depth what interests me – bingo, done in about 3 minutes instead of the 7 the video forces me to use. Getting info via video is like going to Disney World without a map, depending on someone else to lead you through. Not a fan of video-only information sources.
Stephen Abram is a librarian and principal with Lighthouse Consulting Inc., and executive director of the Federation of Ontario Public Libraries. He blogs on library strategies for direction, marketing, technology and user alignment.
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The thing with video presentations as opposed to text is that you have to “read” it at a predetermined speed and access the information in a straight line. For this particular presentation, my norm would be scan the headline & the intro, read the three types & their explanation, then scan down through the article for what the 10 items are and how they fit in the three types. I then go back to the beginning and read in depth what interests me – bingo, done in about 3 minutes instead of the 7 the video forces me to use. Getting info via video is like going to Disney World without a map, depending on someone else to lead you through. Not a fan of video-only information sources.
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