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Unit 12: Technology in Training

player and a television for showing cassettes and computer with suitable software, LCD projector Notes
and screen for CD/DVD show.
1. Use videos for teaching a skill or conveying a message related to the topic of training and
not for entertainment to waste trainees’ time.
2. Introduce the purpose and content at the beginning and debrief at the end of the show on
what was said or done in the video and the resultant learning.
3. Seek trainee views after the presentation.
4. No more than 20 minutes at a stretch. Give an activity or have a discussion thereafter.
5. Have them prepared by professionals who are trained to do the job.

12.1.2 Audios

Audios involving sound, speech, song, dialogue or an emotional content can be used in training.
Figure 12.2 shows some audio equipment. Audio cassettes are quite cheap to buy and record. An
empty cassette lasting for 60 minutes can be purchased for ` 50/- and tape recorders are available
almost in all households. Recording an audio cassette does not require professional expertise
and any one who has seen an audio cassette knows how to record it. But now advanced technology
provides more options in using audio media.

Did u know? A Compact Disc (CD) can store audios lasting up to two hours and MP3
technology, the same CD can store audios lasting up to five hours.
Figure 12.2: Audio Equipments

Audio has certain special advantages over other media.

Example: It is easy and cheaper to teach Hindustani music using audio cassettes than
through other modes or it is useful to train students for North American spoken English for
TOEFL examination. Similarly, blind trainees who cannot learn from visual media can benefit
enormously through audio methods.

Audios can be used for understanding tests and experiments on sounds and listening abilities.
But they cannot be as lively as videos. Audios should be used with the help of a facilitator and
there should be briefing at the beginning and debriefing at the end to benefit from audios.

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