Use of Video Tools in the Educational Process and Consulting

This is already for a while that the frontal lectures, workshops and laboratory sessions in distant learning are conducted via the Internet in a real time mode. However, educational video films, video trainings and video tapes are relatively new forms of teaching, which have a potential of becoming indispensable tools, but they have not yet being properly established in the higher education system. As for the educational video film or the video tape, with the recording of the business game, they have huge value. First of all, these are the features that characterize an educational video generally: technical-informational, communication-social and aesthetic. A video film reflects documentary and research materials obtained through filming, photography and video recording. Certainly, this broadens teaching tools, since there is a visual demonstration of a real object, a system, which informs students about the problems in the system, the organization of the production proccess and the use of new equipment and technology, contributing not only to the transfer of knowledge, but also to the development of the habits of comprehending and evaluating the problem. Keywords: frontal video lecture, videoconference technology, video films, video training, video tapes.