Hours of a lecture on complicated subjects or detailed explanations on the complex subject matter often make the learner drowsy. They lose interest easily if the class is not stimulating enough; as it is the students have a short attention span. Hence it is upon the educator and the institute as well how they conduct the class and prepare the curriculum accordingly.
But the question is-
How to conduct a class that is not only conducive to enriched learning but also interesting enough for the students to take an interest?
At the same time, the educators are also to keep in mind that pedagogy strategies are to be implemented efficiently along with innovative teaching.
Visual learning comes to the forefront when we talk about unique teaching methodologies targeted at developing an engaging environment for the learners.
Let us understand in detail visual learning…
What is visual learning?
Visual learning is a teaching or learning strategy that requires the learner to see the information to process it. The subject material is taught to the students through various kinds of visual elements be it via whiteboards, images, videos, and presentations.
Pedagogy in education can be elevated to a greater extent with the help of visual learning. It also helps the students to think critically and inculcate certain skills in them such as problem-solving, decision making, and better understanding.
Let us take a look at a few visual elements that can be used in the classroom by the teachers:
Illustrations
Graphical representations of images and color drawings can be used to easily explain concepts. The illustrations help the students to understand in a short amount of time and memorize the concepts for a long time.
Photographs
These are especially useful to explain anything related to history and geography. Whether it is a place or monument mentioned in any chapter of history or any geographical feature, it can be displayed in real-time through photos.
Other such mediums include infographics, visual notes, charts and graphs, videos, animated gifs, presentations, etc.
While creating content for pedagogical learning the educator can seamlessly include it in these elements and deliver it during the class. This is a perfect solution for those teachers as well who have trouble in regards to making the class environment interesting and out of the box.
Some of the major benefits of visual learning in boosting pedagogical abilities for students are as follows :
Improves self-learning
The human brain processes visual information much faster than texts. When students are shown a film capturing an important event or presenting a subject, they are more likely to grasp the main elements.
In a fraction of the time it takes a teacher to explain a chapter, a student can grasp something if he or she sees it in a presentation.
Furthermore, the textual material in books is less appealing when compared to the aspects of the visual, thus they are less engaged in self-study.
Makes Daily learning fun
Students no longer need to sit down and listen to boring lectures, and educators no longer need to prepare lengthy lectures.
With the help of various visual learning elements, the teacher can explain complex topics in an interesting way which would also help to retain student’s attention.
Monotonous blackboard teaching has been the cornerstone of the traditional educational structure for the longest time. It’s about time that the institute upgrades itself with the help of this new approach.
Easier Understanding
How often have we come across students who are lagging?
Does the teacher ever make an effort to guide the students who are unable to understand any topic and are afraid to ask a question?
Visual elements are aimed at improving learning ability and it does so efficiently by boosting the memory of our brain. This enables the students to concentrate and retain information for a longer period.
Encourages the learners
There is no considerable change in the results of the students unless they take interest in the studies.
Virtual learning keeps them motivated throughout the learning process, helping them to focus on studies as well as taking interest in the class.
Effective communication between teachers and students
Communication between teachers and students is one of the main attributes of outcome-based education. If the teacher’s lesson delivery is monotonous and dull then the student’s response would naturally be bereft of any interest.
Visual learning also helps to reinvigorate the interaction between the teacher and the student making the whole learning process an engaging one.
Wrapping it up
The educators and institutes need to gear up and keep up with global educational trends most of which aim at improving the educational structure. It has become imperative to integrate the institute with a learning management system that would make it easier for educators to include visual learning.
Visual learning is an interesting approach towards making learning a fun experience as well as improving the methodologies.
