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Learning: What Works.  June 17, 2011, 12:27 PM  As we enter a
new era of online education it is crucial to determine what
types of tools engage students in this environment. More
specifically, what is the most effective way to teach short,
actionable business lessons online? What sources of insight do
people trust most?   Big Think posed a series of questions to
350 university-educated online users, with the goal of
understanding the best way to deliver brief online learning
experiences. Our survey uncovered four key ﬁndings:  1. Online
learners prefer video to text. Given a choice between text and
video of equal length on the same learning topic, more than
twice as many online users chose video over text.  2. Video is
more engaging than text. Those who chose video were more likely
to ﬁnd the content insightful and actio