I've had a 'we're moving away from text towards movies' diary simmering for a while now.
Maybe I should post it on YouTube.
Kewl! And instead of comments we can post mashups (and LOLcaptioned screenshots, natch)! The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
It's the One True Web 2.0 Way™.
Also - kittens.
Someone or the other I was reading recently said that some people learn better from video tutorials than screenshot and text and some don't. So he/she produces both and was being pleased about a piece of software that made that easier.
Actually, I don't mind overview tutorials in video.
Most of us have a dominant style (I am quite strongly kinaesthetic), though we have elements of all three, and that mixture varies according to subject. But a well-planned lesson/training session (for children or adults) should, according to current theory, include elements of all three learning styles in order to play to every learner's strengths.
