What happens when you launch a technology initiative, including online learning, flipped classrooms and web content, at a long standing organization that’s been offering in-person training programs for 40 years? It could be a recipe for disaster but if done right, it can also open the doors to a world of opportunities.
We live in an era where video is being live-streamed, recorded and is rapidly becoming our primary source for learning something new. Leading corporations and education institutions have amazing opportunities to harness the power of video to advance their message, improve collaboration, expand business opportunities and educate the masses.
Sandia National Laboratories employs nearly 9,000 scientists, engineers, biologists and support staff, who work on projects related to the nation’s most challenging security issues. Over the years, they’ve amassed thousands of hours of video-based technical documentation, training and research. The content – much of which was created on outdated devices and exists in all sorts of formats – needs to be preserved for up to 75 years and meet the National Archives and Records Administration standards.
We sought a way to digitally expand the classroom by allowing students to learn in their homes. We also wanted to reach out to ‘would be’ students who are work-at-home moms or individuals in the workforce who needed to learn at their leisure. It is an extremely useful product and Sonic Foundry’s tech support is among the best in terms of responsiveness and product knowledge.
Do you fear planning a hybrid event because you’re not sure how it fits into your event strategy, you don’t know if your venue has the infrastructure to support it, or your AV budget may not support it? Does the long list of considerations – technologies, session formats, building a hybrid strategy – have you suffering from decision fatigue? Do you wonder whether your attendees will even understand or want to participate in an event that incorporates technology? Don’t worry. It’s easier than you think to create a hybrid meeting with the right plan in place.
Just when you’ve got your AV plan nailed down for the boardrooms, meeting rooms and training rooms, there’s a new trend taking hold to supplement the work your employees do – a dramatic shift toward BYOD (bring your own device) and consumerization. While employees have been using personal devices in the office since the first calculator, they’ve never been as functional, collaborative, personal or ubiquitous as they are now. And workers have never been more tech-savvy.
I think Mediasite improves the quality of healthcare indirectly by making sure the physicians, the nurses and everyone in the hospital gets the just-in-time training that they need so that they're safe and they know the procedures to do their job.
A primary benefit of Mediasite for the center is the ability to provide timely, up-to-date clinical training to health providers. With this technology, poorly funded groups in many global communities that can't afford to lose providers to travel can have the opportunity to be educated in new discoveries and advances in infectious diseases.
Mediasite allowed us to reach a global faculty as well as a global audience in a way that I don't think has ever been done quite this way before, all through the magic of Mediasite.
We used Mediasite as a key communication tool during our H1N1 pandemic. Not only did we get a better communication tool and an archived communication tool that people could watch on demand, it saved us a whole lot of money and it got us better reaching audiences for this type of response.
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