In a recent subscriber survey I did of Information Advisor readers, I asked what kinds of responsibilities readers were expanding into outside of straight business research. One of the top responses was doing more training of other staff members.
I’ve been looking into the training possibilities of screencasting for an upcoming issue of the Information Advisor, and it seems that this technology is still underutilized. It has great potential as a training tool, and offers particular promise in teaching a wide range of aspects of Web searching and issues related to Web 2.0.
One short screencast on the basics of Web 2.0 that has been making the rounds over the last few weeks that I found to be absolutely beautifully produced and very compelling was created by Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State, and is called The Web is US/ing us. I highly recommend viewing it to get some inspiration.
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