TheImpactofBroadcastandStreamingVideoinEducation.pdfVIP

The Impact of Broadcast and Streaming Video in Education What the Research Says and How Educators and Decision Makers Can Begin to Prepare for the Future Report commissioned by Cisco Systems Inc. to Wainhouse Research, LLC. Authored by Alan D. Greenberg and Jan Zanetis. March 2012 Table of Contents Foreword 3 Executive Summary 4 Introduction 9 Background 11 Timeline 11 Key Definitions 12 Applications 15 The Impact of Video in Education 18 Video as an Additive Enhancement to Analog Tools 18 How Video Technologies Enhance Students’ Academic Performance 19 How Video Technologies Ignite Student Creativity, Collaboration, and 21st Century Skills 22 Adopting Video Technologies in Education 25 Drivers 25 Barriers 25 Success Factors 27 New Frontiers 33 Conclusions 35 Appendixes 36 Appendix 1: Research that Identifies Improvement and Success Factors when Implementing Video in the Classroom 36 Appendix 2: About the Authors 38 Endnotes 39 Foreword The first decade of the 21st century was marked by rapid change, market interdependencies, environmental awareness, social cohesion, and the rise of young generations as key influencers of global change at the political, economic and social levels. The Internet and technological inventions of this period served as fuel and catalyst for these events, but also contributed massively to radical changes in traditional approaches to the fields of research, science, and education. At Cisco, we believe that high-quality education and technology have the power to change the world by developing the human talent required to seize the opportunities that arise from global change. Cisco’s Global Education group helps governmen