The paper presents theoretical approaches to special, didactically augmented visual and audio study materials for adults. We also define the narrow sense of the concept of an educational film as a well-rounded visual material that is structured didactically and contains inherent educational goals both in its design and application. The use of the word “film” instead of “video” is legitimized by fulfilling the condition of being a semantically complete and well-rounded product. In the conclusion, we present the findings obtained in Slovenia through experience and practice in the education of vulnerable groups of adults by employing such didactic materials.V prispevku predstavljamo teoretične poglede na učna gradiva v obliki video ali zvočnega zapisa za odrasle, ki so posebej didaktično obdelana. Opredeljujemo tudi ožji pojem izobraževalni film kot zaokroženo video gradivo, ki je didaktično strukturirano in ima v svoji zasnovi in izvedbi vnaprej določene izobraževalne cilje. Uporabo izraza »film« namesto besede »video«v tem primeru utemeljuje pogoj, ki ga mora izpolniti takšno gradivo, in sicer, da je to vsebinsko celosten, zaokrožen izdelek in ne zgolj priložnostni video posnetek. V sklepnem delu nanizamo tudi ugotovitve, nastale na podlagi izkušenj iz prakse slovenskih izobraževalcev ranljivih skupin odraslih s takimi didaktičnimi gradivi
