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Audiovisual education

Audiovisual education or multimedia-based education (MBE) is


instruction where particular attention is paid to the audio and
visual presentation of the material with the goal of improving
comprehension and retention.

According to the Webster dictionary, audio-visual aids is


defined as “training or educational materials directed at both
the senses of hearing and the sense of sight, films, recordings,
photographs, etc. Used in classroom instructions, library
collections or the likes”.

History
The concept of audiovisual aids is not new and can be traced
back to seventeenth century when John Amos Comenius
(1592–1670), a Bohemian educator, introduced pictures as
teaching aids in his book Orbis Sensualium Pictus (“picture of
the Sensual World”) that was illustrated with 150 drawings of
everyday life.[1] Similarly, Jean Rousseau (1712–1778) and JH
Pestalozzi (1746–1827) advocated the use of visual and play
materials in teaching.[2] More recently, audiovisual aids were
also widely used during and after World War II by the armed
service. The successful use of picture and other visual aids in
U.S armed forces during World War II proved the effectiveness
of instructional tools.[3] There are various types of audiovisual
materials ranging from filmstrips, microforms, slides, projected
opaque materials, tape recording and flashcards. In the current
digital world, audiovisual aids have grown exponentially with
several multimedia such as educational DVDs, PowerPoint,
television educational series, YouTube, and other online
materials. The goal of audio-visual aids is to enhance teacher’s
ability to present the lesson in simple, effective and easy to
understand for the students. Audiovisual materials make
learning more permanent since students use more than one
sense. It is important to create awareness for the state and
federal ministry of education as policy makers in secondary
schools of the need to inculcate audiovisual resource as main
teaching pedagogy in curricula. The outcome is to promote the
audiovisual material in secondary schools because they lack the
resource to produce them. The visual instruction makes
abstract ideas more concrete to the learners. This is to provide
a basis for schools to understand the important roles in
encouraging and supporting the use of audiovisual resource. In
addition, studies have shown that there is significant difference
between the use and non-use of audiovisual material in
teaching and learning.[4]

Objectives Edit
To strengthen teachers’ skills in making teaching-learning
process more effective
To attract and retain learners’ attention
To generate interest across different levels of students
To develop lesson plans that are simple and easy to follow
To make class more interactive and interesting
To focus on student-centered approach
Advantages Edit
In modern world we use digital tools to improve the teaching-
learning process. The most common tool we use in classroom
these days is PowerPoint slides, which makes the class more
interesting, dynamic and effective. Moreover it also helps to
introduce new topics in easy way. The use of audiovisual aids
makes the students to remember the concept for longer period
of time. They convey the same meaning as words but it gives
clear concepts thus help to bring effectiveness in learning.

Integrating technology into the classroom help students to


experience things virtually or vicariously. For example, if the
teacher wants to give a lesson on Taj Mahal, it is possible
In modern world we use digital tools to improve the teaching-
learning process. The most common tool we use in classroom
these days is PowerPoint slides, which makes the class more
interesting, dynamic and effective. Moreover it also helps to
introduce new topics in easy way. The use of audiovisual aids
makes the students to remember the concept for longer period
of time. They convey the same meaning as words but it gives
clear concepts thus help to bring effectiveness in learning.

Integrating technology into the classroom help students to


experience things virtually or vicariously. For example, if the
teacher wants to give a lesson on Taj Mahal, it is possible that
not all the students in India have visited the place but you can
show it through a video thereby allowing the students to see
the monument with their own eyes. Although the first hand
experience is the best way of educative experience but such an
experience cannot always be done practical so in some case we
need to have substitution.

Use of audio-visual aids help in maintaining discipline in the


class since all the students’ attention are focused in learning.
This interactive session also develops critical thinking and
reasoning that are important components of the teaching-
learning process.[5]

Audiovisual provides opportunities for effective communication


between teacher and students in learning. For example, in a
study on English as Foreign Language (EFL) classroom, the
difficulties faced by EFL learner are lack of motivation, lack of
exposure to the target language and lack of pronunciation by
teacher, and such difficulties can be overcome by Audio as
purpose of communication and Visual as more exposure.[6]

Students learn when they are motivated and curious about


something. Traditional verbal instructions can be boring and
painful for students. However, use of audio-visual provides
intrinsic motivation to students by peaking their curiosity and
stimulating their interests in the subjects.[7]

Disadvantages Edit
One should have an idea that too much audio-visual material
used at one time can result in boredom. It is useful only if it is
implemented effectively. Considering that each teaching
learning situation varies, it is important to know that all
concepts may not be learned effectively through audiovisual.
Most of the time the equipment like projector, speakers and
headphone are bit costly hence some of school cannot afford it.
It needs a lot of time for teacher to prepare lesson to have
interactive classroom session. Also teacher’s valuable time may
be lost in gaining familiarity with new equipment. Some
students may feel reluctant to ask questions while film is
playing and in small rooms can be a physical barrier. In places
where electricity is not available ie. In rural areas, it is not
feasible to use audio-visual aids that requires electricity.
Government should fund resources to purchase audio-visual
aids in schools.

Equipment used for audiovisual presentations


Television
LCD projectors
Film projectors
Slide projectors
Opaque projectors (episcopes and epidiascopes)
Overhead projectors

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