It;'s more a matter of active versus passive participation, the latter being a higher order of engagement of the mind and requiring the individual bring their cognitive abilities to bear on the given subject. This results in a much higher propensity for retention, recall, and gaining tacit knowledge.
In an act of immeasurable irony I will present a link to a YouTube video by Derek Muller (Veritasium) on the effectiveness of science videos:
oh a "YouTube video"