With advancements in technology, video training has helped many people across the globe to horn their skills. However, a new study in the US reveals that 3 in 4 employees do not prioritize training videos. This is even though learning systems are available at the workplace to promote video training. Kaltura, a New York video-based technology service provider surveyed more than 1,200 professionals in businesses and over 500 employees in the US, in a 2019 video training and learning work survey.
The survey was aimed at discovering how employees and employers utilize videos for learning while at work. The study also to determine if video training is working or not. Based on the study, Kaltura found out that only 9 in 10 respondents mentioned that their company is utilizing video training to enhance learning and development within the organization. 88 percent of the respondents witnessed steady growth in video training within their organizations.
Today, video is reported as one of the best and most effective training modes that employees prefer over written documents. In the survey, 7 out of 10 employees strongly believe that videos are very effective bearing in mind that employers use virtual classrooms and live broadcasts to provide training. Even so, 69 percent of employees still settle for short informal videos to earn work-related skills.
The survey also found out that many employees do not have access to quality basic video training tools for their learning. As such, most of them to do not hit the expected mark in video training. This is further attributed to the fact that a majority of employees, 3 in 4 employees do not give video training the needed responsiveness. The generational gap is also a cause for the little attention to video training.
According to the survey company, most employees just skim through videos, others just watch them and others completely ignore them. The good news is that the majority of employees recommend the introduction of highly interactive training videos. Such videos would enhance interaction and real-time video learning.