Text vs Visual Learning

   What have we lost between the visual and textual 
media?
   The mental discipline it takes to grasp a concept in 
text is far more demanding than a picture.  However 
pictures, graphics and videos communicate ideas faster.  
Thus the student is able to grasp more information in an 
allotted time.  But do they remember it as easily?  Will 
they have the ability to figure things out as easily in 
the future.  Is visual learning good or bad?  Is it 
productive or non productive for education?
    A combination of both text and visual is necessary 
but are we loosing the mental agility of the textual 
media as we move into the visual media in education?
    It's great to see a video of a car repair when your 
doing it for the first time.  Haynes and Chilton's were 
able to get away with unimaginative documentation, before 
the days of the internet, but now their inadequate work 
is exposed.  Amateur web sites and now videos show step 
by step details on the exact same repairs I've had to do 
on my vehicles.
    Japan's educational system has moved online faster 
than any other country in the World.  Scripted learning 
tools are assisting the student with progress and 
learning.  Not only can the student see where they are on 
their journey to learn a new subject, but they can get 
feedback on areas they need to cover again.  That's 
something textual learning was unable to do without the 
expensive aid of a teacher.


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