Benefits of Using Animated Videos for Education
As an educator, there are a lot of different hats that you’ll wear in your classroom on a regular basis. Many of these hats revolve around teaching and training students that have different learning styles and that are at different levels of understanding in regards to the concepts that you’re teaching. The use of animated videos for education can have several major benefits in the classroom both for teachers and for students, especially in regards to reaching students with various learning styles and abilities.
If you’re thinking about incorporating the use of animated videos for education in your classroom, course, or office training, you’re certainly not alone! Give Beverly Boy Productions a call to learn more about producing animated videos for educational training and teaching that’s important to you. We’ve got more than two decades of experience in the production of quality educational videos and training content.
Considering the many benefits of using animated videos for education in your classroom or office, why would you not be using animated video content in your day-to-day teaching and training initiatives?
Animated Videos Promote Learner Engagement
It has been proven over and over again that video promotes engagement, but what about animated video content? Studies have shown that the use of animated videos for education can further promote engagement because learners are able to indulge in the visual aspects of the animation, as well as the engaging music and direct teaching methodologies that are incorporated into lessons that are taught through animated video. From game-like scenarios, and consistent adaptations, animated videos keep learners excited and ready for the next concept.
Animated Videos Improve Skill Building & Knowledge
Naturally, one of the biggest reasons to produce animated video content is for skill building, but did you know that animated videos for education can actually improve the overall knowledge that your students have in a subject? Animations make complex topics in science, math, and various other subjects much easier to digest and follow along with. This makes this content more likely to stick with your student, regardless of how challenging it may be.
In fact, the visual impact of using animated videos for education is so strong, that even students that have a known short attention span and difficulty paying attention will be more likely to engage and stay focused on your animations. This means you can cover both relevant content and that which is otherwise difficult to teach without consistent focus and attention. Likewise, the use of animated video content makes students more likely to develop the skills and knowledge they need to master complex subject matter that may otherwise have slipped through the cracks.
Animated Videos Place an Emphasis on Making Learning Fun
Students that think learning isn’t fun or exciting are less likely to pay attention and more likely to lose focus. However, animated videos place an emphasis on making learning fun and engaging. In fact, the use of animated videos for education places a strong emphasis on the complex topics that you’re trying to help your students understand.
While tech-savvy students are likely to appreciate animated video content, those who are less tech-savvy are equally as likely to appreciate the emphasis that animated videos place on learning. You’ll reach students with learning styles varying from social to kinesthetic, visual to audible.
Animated Videos Make Learning Interactive
Students love to engage and interact with video content. Animated videos for education make concepts interactive and fun to engage with. In fact, video based learning that incorporates interactive elements for students to engage with is more likely to result in long-term effectiveness of learning outcomes. The key to getting students to meet their learning goals is to provide them with interactive content that includes scenarios-based training, hotspots, bookmarking, and real-world training scenarios in which students can engage and learn in a fun environment.
Animated Videos Help to Fuel Student Imagination
Whether you have a student that is struggling to focus, doesn’t like to read, or simply lacks the ability to follow along, there’s a solution that video can provide for just about any learning challenge. In fact, animated videos help to fuel student imagination such that students are able to visualize and create abstract images of the content and complex subject matter inside their minds.
When animated videos for education are incorporated into otherwise complex teachings of subject matter in math, science, language arts or other subjects the learners are able to develop vivid imagination of the characters, concepts, and complex topics being addressed. This results in stronger overall understanding of the content and a deeper grasp of subject matter.
If you’re thinking about using animated videos for education in your classroom, give Beverly Boy Productions a call today! We’ve got more than two decades of video production experience, with a heavy focus on both the use of animations to make learning fun and on student training. We’ll put our expertise to work in producing top quality, animated videos for the educational needs in your classroom!