Tuesday, December 30

Sheriff's Dept Utilizes "Podcasting" for Training

Orange County Sheriff’s Dept. Tapping the Power of Podcasting.

An interesting case study from Apple on how the OCSD is utilizing Apple's Podcast Publisher software to create and distribute "podcasts" (primarily video, it appears) for training and information dissemination.
“Podcast Producer enables us to almost instantly create audio or video content and deliver it in several different formats,” says James. “That’s in contrast to the weeks it used to take for our video unit to produce training content or communications.”
The case study is mostly a marketing piece for Podcast Producer, and doesn't get into details about how and when the officers primarily access the content (one picture has sheriff watching a video on his cruiser's computer display... is that really typical?), what the user's opinion of the initiative is, how the content is mixed with other formats, etc.

I would be interested in finding out more about how this initiative was implemented, where it fits into their overall training program, and what has been most and least effective.

from elearningpost