Why Every Business Should Use Interactive Training Videos
As technology improves, so too does the inclusion of interactive training videos in day-to-day business operations. In fact, more businesses than ever before are using interactive training videos to teach, train, and improve operations in their business. A recent study found that as many as 90% of businesses are using video in their operations to some degree, but we want to tell you why we think every business should use interactive training videos.
Interactive Videos are, well, Interactive
It may seem silly that our first major reason for businesses to use interactive training videos is because they’re interactive, but it’s true! Interactive training videos are incredibly valuable mainly for the fact that they are interactive. This is an incredibly useful feature. Not only do interactive training videos provide your workers with the ability to engage and interact, they are more likely to increase learner retention rates and improve productivity, too.
Interactive training videos provide a unique opportunity to teach and train new concepts in ways that are interesting for most learners. The interactive components allow users to exercise their skills and reinforce their learning immediately which increases the likelihood of them keeping the knowledge long term.
They Offer Real Life Scenarios
Interactive training videos are ideal, particularly for training EMTs or others in the emergency field or where real life scenarios are part of the job. These videos can be built to mimic real life in such a way that it makes learning more engaging and powerful. In fact, interactive training videos can be used to make employees think about the scenarios and unique situations that they might face, and about the decisions they’re about to make. They can immediately see the outcome of any decision that they make in the concepts or information that is presented to them through the interactive video.
These types of training scenarios allow employees to embark on safe scenarios based learning initiatives that can be later applied in real life. With interactive learning, the context of the learning is not an “emergency” the way it could be if the employee was faced with having to test their knowledge of a scenario in real life.
They are the Epitome of MicroLearning
There’s a relatively new term that’s being used all around lately, and it’s called micro learning. It basically stands for short, powerful bursts of learning that take place, generally with video. Micro learning is generally the result of short 1-5 minute training videos that deliver key concepts and important training initiatives to learners so that they can build upon the concepts that they are engaging with and learning from. In an interactive learning video, or interactive training videos, micro learning generally involves the student watching a short video and then immediately engaging in a quiz or some other form of reinforcement.
Students are able to quickly and efficiently master new strengths and abilities while they learn complex concepts and practice putting their knowledge to the test. These micro learning initiatives are incredibly useful for everything from science and math to history, or things like learning how to engage at work with other employees or customers.
They’re Incredibly Easy to Access
If you’re not using interactive training videos in your business right now, you’re probably making your employees work way too hard on simple training initiatives. You should be making training easy to access so that employees don’t have to struggle to make time to train.
When training is made accessible, employees are more likely to engage and interact on their own. Interactive training videos that are incorporated into a training library where employees can access content on their time, anytime is best. This way, employees can pick up on training when they have some free time and they can make a habit of engaging in a few unique training videos each day or week. This keeps training fresh and ensures employees make a habit out of learning.
They Can be Gamified
Interactive training videos can be gamified so that you can make training and learning at work fun. In fact, gamification is one of the best ways to get all of your employees involved in training without having to force the issue. By hosting your interactive training videos in a library or vault where employees can actively engage when they want, and by adding a gamification element to the process that allows employees to compete against each other for training badges or other prizes, you can expect that you’ll have more employees interested in the training you provide than ever before.
So, why should ever business use interactive training videos? First and foremost, they’re interactive and that basically says it all. But in case you need other reasons, these videos are powerful, they can be hosted on-demand so that they are easily accessible, and gamification will make your employees more likely to actively engage in learning. There’s really no better style of video content right now than interactive training videos for brands and businesses of all sizes. To learn more about producing interactive training videos, give Beverly Boy Productions a call!