Teaching and learning activities in the
classroom, generally meet the process of a
communication. The basic component of effective
communication consists of interrelating relationships of
three elements, namely instructors, media and
participants. Great teaching and learning activities
when participants understand the message conveyed by
the instructor through the selection of appropriate
learning media, so that participants are motivated to
determine the best step or can even change their beliefs.
Research shows, widyaiswara uses video shows as
teaching aids that are often used but very rarely use
and vary the learning methods in a variety of ways, this
is in line with the results of a preliminary survey of
training participants who chose video as the preferred
learning medium. However, it is not directly mastery
widyaiswara in making instructional videos. As a result
of observations and interviews, there are several
obstacles in optimizing video as a learning medium, one
of which is the difficulty of getting videos that are in
accordance with the learning scenario on certain
material. The tendency of widyaiswara to get videos by
downloading from the internet is very wide with legal
problems because the videos are copyrighted by others.
Based on the data obtained of widyaiswara stated that
they are proficient in operating Microsoft PowerPoint,
this is an opportunity and strength to do widyaiswara's
competency improvement activities in making videos by
optimizing Microsoft powerpoints.
Keywords : Learning Media, Learning Videos, Microsoft Power Point.