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Humans thrive on visual stimuli, and interaction. We don’t want to hear about the latest tablet, or even read an article about it. We want to see it for ourselves. More than that, we want to experience it for ourselves. We want to press all the buttons, test out the apps, and personalize every feature. …
Beth Dichter's insight:
Research tells us that visuals are an important element of learning, and that when visuals are used in classrooms, yet many classrooms are based on text. This post looks at three areas: * Bringing Active Learning Back to the Classroom - How much of the time are the learners in your class actively participating as compared to passively listening? * Embracing Visual - Visuals help many learners understand complex subjects. Experts in many fields can look at images and quickly learn complex information. Are you teaching your learners visual skills? * Retrieving Practice - "By combining visual training with active learning, students can go from novice to expert in far less time than with traditional study methods." As many of us prepare to return to school embracing visuals and teaching our students how to interpret visuals has the potential to promote better understanding. This post provides some great pointers and you will find a link to the original research. 
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"A new study shows that we are far better at remembering what we see and touch than what we hear."
Beth Dichter's insight:
How do we learn best? This is a critical question for educators to understand and to keep up-to-date with research, and this post from the National Geographic looks at new research that shows that our auditory memory is not as robust as our visual and tactile memory. Much more information is available in the post but the shorthand is that having students engage as many senses as possible is the best way for us to reach our learners!
David Baker's curator insight,
March 13, 2014 4:33 PM
Important to remember that we structure classrooms to support learning.
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Would you like to create interactive images online? Check out SpeakingImage, a site that "provides an online tool for interactive annotation of images." The site allows you to upload high resolution images and add information to specific sections. You may also create groups for collaborative work.
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The following five helpful mantras provide refreshing ideas for creating eLearning courses that go beyond a conventional approach.
Beth Dichter's insight:
Once again SHIFT Learning has published an article that focuses on eLearning, but is applicable to face2face learning. The five mantras that are discussed work in either location. What are they? (All are quoted below): * Think visually. * We don't remember data, we remember stories. * Design smarter, not harder. * Visual clutter is the evidence of a failed search for clarity. * Leave your learners feeling inspired. Additional detail is provided in the post and an additional resource is shared in three of the five areas listed above.
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"Found this fantastic infographic touting the success of infographics. Reading it (or more correctly, viewing it) immediately focused my thoughts on the use of visual texts in classrooms today...Unlike other infographics I link to on Mr G Online, I’m not going to discuss the specific points presented – that would be contradictory to the message of the infographic. I’ll let you get your own meaning from it. However, I am going to reflect on how it made me consider the use of visual texts in education."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Mark Gleason provides reflection on this interactive infographic (click through to the infographic in the link provided in his post) and his insight will help people in the field of education reflect on their use of visual texts and why we should consider using them more often. Gleason states "Literacy Education has been dominated by the written word, and to a lesser extent, spoken word in the form schooling has taken over the 100-200 years of formal education as we know it." Based on information in this infographic he states "If 70% of our sensory receptors are in our eyes, then why do we persist in TALKING so much as teachers?"... an excellent question for us to ponder. He continues to explore this area in a variety of areas that are found in education. I posted a link to this infographic in mid-June and this post made me go back to the infographic and look at it again. Consider sharing the infographic and this post with faculty in your school. Reflect on how much you use visuals in your classroom. Ask yourself "Am I meeting the needs of my students? Do I provide visuals as well as written and oral instruction? Would a visual make this easier for my students to understand?
Nancy Jones's curator insight,
July 15, 2013 1:50 PM
As a visual learner myself, I love onto graphics, beginning with the dAiley ones posted NBC USA Today since its inception. 
Caleb Yap's curator insight,
July 17, 2013 11:30 PM
really? more of these non-classical pedagogical methods? 
Audrey's curator insight,
August 29, 2013 2:53 PM
You can absorb the visual faster and make sense of it in a holistic way; particularly if you spend time engaging with the information from different physical points of view. The information is embedded in the memory because the individual is encouraged to project their own meaning. Having been directed to view educational materials, the learner can them be asked questions to test their understanding.
Visual learning is necessary from a young age and is what home school sources learning is all about. |
Seems like a good idea.