AN ELECTRONIC MEDIA FOR EDUCATION

Abigail L. Odi

Advantages and Disadvantages of Traditional Media and Electronic Media

What Happens, from A Learning Point of View, When We Watch TV?

How Does Television Promote Children’s Learning?

How Can Teachers Use Television and Video to Promote Student Achievement?How Might Teachers Enhance the Learning Value

of Television?

AdvantagesDisadvantagesContent appropriateness

ScienceSocial StudiesHistoryGeographyLanguage and Arts

TRADITIONAL MEDIA

No need for special training or technology.

Very easy to remember and can quickly attract masses.

Low-cost media as compared to the sophisticated media.

Flexible

ELECTRONIC MEDIA

Outreach is more and audiences are heterogeneous.

Messages can be communicated within no time.

Variety of audio, video, text can be used in a single medium.

TRADITIONAL MEDIA

o Restricted to the place of performance.

o Reach is limited.o Can cater limited

audience.o Limited scope for

achieving the performance.

ELECTRONIC MEDIA

o Less intimate.o Feedback mechanism is

slow.o Expensive medium.o Special training required to

make programmes.o Limited access in rural

areas.

Studies show that what students think about

television affects their ability to learn from it.

“Seeing is believing.”

Television’s several modes provide multiple entry points into content, and thus offer greater

accommodation to the many intelligences found in a diverse group of students.

1. Reinforces reading and lecture material.2. Aids in the development of a common

base of knowledge among students.3. Enhances student comprehension and

discussion.4. Provides greater accommodation of

diverse learning styles.5. Increases student motivation and

enthusiasm.6. Promotes teacher effectiveness.

1. Planning ahead to consider instructional goals.

2. Preparing by previewing the program.

3. Determining the setting and length of the video.

4. Connecting post-viewing activities to hands on or real-world experiences

1. Setting clear expectations for students.

2. Encouraging student participation through: Setting the context before viewing. Pausing during the program to ask key

questions and flag priority topics. Promoting reflection through post-

viewing discussion and assignments.

Entertainment-oriented mediumAdaptablePart of multi-media communication toolSocial quality in educationEnhance quality in educationReduce dependency on verbal teaching and

teachersProvide flexibility of time and space in

learning

Children may see violence in the Television• They become less sensitive to pain and

suffering.• They become more fearful.• They likely to behave negatively.

In Scienceto uncover common scientific misconceptions and mistakes

illustrations of scientific principles in film help students make abstract ideas concrete.

In Social Studies the moving image as representation of

history the moving image as evidence for social and

cultural history actuality footage as evidence for historical

fact the history of the moving image as industry

and art form

In History bringing a subject to life stimulating children’s interest stimulating recall of factual information enhancing skills and concepts improving children’s confidence and

teachers’ credibility

In Geography enable pupils to ‘encounter’ images of

places they wouldn’t otherwise experience increase the sense of place combine images with graphics enable pupils to observe real people from

the places they are studying explain issues

In Language Arts to provide alternative interpretations of

literary classics to foster reader-response approaches to

understanding literature to develop communication skills students learn to interpret visual messages