It may just the materials I have encountered but here is how I would rate (highest to lowest) instruction delivery using the following methods:
- Interactive lecture/presentation
- Non-interactive lecture/presentation (think recorded CS lectures)
- Short non-interactive lectures plus online quizzes
- Webinars
I am not sure where pod/screencasts would fit into that ranking, probably between #2 and #3.
I suspect my feelings about webinars are colored by the appearance of corporate apparatchiks and fairly shallow technical content of those I have encountered.
Not all, some are quite good but that is like observing that PBS has good programming in apology for the 500 channels of trash on the local cable TV.
So it isn’t too narrow a question, what stands out for you as the most successful learning experiences you have had? What components or techniques seemed to make it so?
Can’t promise I will have the skill or talent to follow some or all of your suggestions but I am truly interested in what might make a successful learning experience. It will be for a fairly unique audience but every audience is unique in some way.
Any and all suggestions are deeply appreciated!
PS: And yes, to narrow the question or present the opportunity for more criticism, I will be venturing into the video realm in the near future.