10MULTIMEDIA—USING AUDIO AND VIDEO IN E-LEARNING
THOUGHTFUL USE OF audio and video elements can dramatically enhance your e-learning program. Using a soundtrack, dropping in a voice-over track, or adding video scenes to show real-world people or situations can have a powerful impact on your learner.
However, poor quality or inappropriate use of audio and video can dramatically decrease the perceived value of the e-learning program. Learners will be frustrated if they have to wait for halting audio or choppy video to download, and frustrated learners are likely to join the ranks of false-starters who never complete the training program.
Bandwidth limitations used to severely limit the use of audio and video multimedia, but that is no longer the ...
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