The point of preference
I often miss webinars.
That might be because it was delivered at 3:00am local time, or during a manic working day, or after hours when frankly I’m not in the mood.
So I’m grateful when the event is recorded and I can play it back later. But, more often than not, I don’t do that either.
There’s just something about a 1-hour recording that turns me off. Unless the topic is irresistible, it’s too easy to move on to more pressing matters.
I’d rather read a summary of the key points – and according to the likes received by my recent?tweet?and the results of a?poll?I ran on LinkedIn, I’m not alone. In this era of time poverty and relentless distractions, it’s no surprise.
Yet there are good reasons to watch the footage. As?Anna Sabramowicz?points out, “Taking notes makes me remember the key points more, plus there’s so much nuance in the language people use, a summary might just diminish that. Context matters of course!” Indeed it does.
Of course there are no wrong answers here. Your preference is your prerogative, after all. And it is this point of preference that I maintain is missed in the discourse about learning styles.
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1 年An interesting development... https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/01/youtube-experiments-with-ai-auto-generated-video-summaries/
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1 年Ryan Tracey I would also consider things like what was the demographic or personas of the sample vote ? How representative was the sample from the whole ? Also with time poor audiences length of the webinar is critical - I think anything beyond 20 mins is too long. Also the bar has been raised by platforms like shorts and TikTok . Yes you may not learn anything but get hooked to learn more ! On the Ai front I agree there are great tools now. I in fact use Bing to summarize webpages and articles for me . In summary the point of preference really depends on the context and audience needs in my mind.
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1 年Ryan Tracey, I just came across a great conversation about how to make the information from those summaries even more meaningful to you... using ChatGPT as a kind of super informed buddy to help you solidify your ideas. The premise here is that we don't learn or even retain from summaries, but if we work with the information it becomes our own. https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/dr-philippa-hardman-057851120_ai-machinelearning-aieducation-activity-7085502744085544960-sUBD?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop p.s. I guess I'm in the minority on that poll ??
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1 年Préférences and context. I’d rather listen to a podcast while I’m driving for example. Just reiterating that learning styles are a myth for anyone glancing over this post.