Chapter 9
August 5, 2009
This chapter further extends are learning into the realm of Audiovisual technologies. The ultimate idea behind audiovisual technologies is that it will enhance the learner’s competence of a subject by using multisensory teaching methods. The chapter basically outlines the various methods of teaching via both audio and visual based techniques. Some of the audio types they discussed included, audiocassette, broadcast audio, CD/DVD’s, optical media, internet audio/radio, and MP3’s. The second portion focused on the visual side of learning, something I am specifically going to school for. This included the discussion of graphical and textual elements and how we perceive certain things visually, even when it is not all being shown (Think Gestallt). What I personally took away from this chapter is that any subject matter of any kind, can truly benefit from utilizing audiovisual based resources. These resources ultimately stay with us more so than our traditional learning methods.