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Making training more cognitively effective: Making videos interactive
Author(s) -
Cherrett Tom,
Wills Gary,
Price Joe,
Maynard Sarah,
Dror Itiel E.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.00985.x
Subject(s) - formative assessment , interactive video , training (meteorology) , cognition , computer science , interactive learning , conjunction (astronomy) , work (physics) , educational technology , multimedia , psychology , mathematics education , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , astronomy , neuroscience , meteorology
The cost of health and safety (H&S) failures to the UK industry is currently estimated at up to £6.5 billion per annum, with the construction sector suffering unacceptably high levels of work‐related incidents. Better H&S education across all skill levels in the industry is seen as an integral part of any solution. Traditional lecture‐based courses often fail to recreate the dynamic realities of managing H&S on site and therefore do not sufficiently create deeper cognitive learning (which results in remembering and using what was learned). The use of videos is a move forward, but passively observing a video is not cognitively engaging and challenging, and therefore learning is not as effective as it can be. This paper describes the development of an interactive video in which learners take an active role. While observing the video, they are required to engage, participate, respond and be actively involved. The potential for this approach to be used in conjunction with more traditional approaches to H&S was explored using a group of 2nd‐year undergraduate civil engineering students. The formative results suggested that the learning experience could be enhanced using interactive videos. Nevertheless, most of the learners believed that a blended approach would be most effective.