Course Details

1. Define what are the visual aids and why are useful in education.
2. Establish effective communication networks during the educational process by appropriate selection of visual aids.
3. Employ pictures of various forms and categories in the educational process.
4. Use digital cameras effectively in the educational process.
5. Operate projectors (video projectors, overhead projector) and interactive board to enhance the educational process.
6. Select appropriate for educational use audio and audiovisual programs according to the lesson objectives and the abilities of the children.
7. Assess the educational value of using visual aids in teaching a specific lesson.

Introduction to educational technology and visual aids: historical overview, definitions, perception, experience, classification and usefulness of visual aids, integration of visual aids in teaching and learning process, advantages and disadvantages of applying audiovisual means in education.

Communication in education: definitions, stages of communication, communication features, communicative ways, setting up effective networks of communication during the educational process by appropriate selection of visual aids.

Pictures and photographs in education: definitions, classification of pictures, operating a digital camera, creative use of pictures in the educational process.

Projectors in education. Functions and operation of overhead projector, video projector and interactive whiteboard and creative ways to use them in the educational process.

Mechanical reproductions/ imitations of reality: models (classification and methods to use them effectively in the educational process), experiments, educational games, conditions for success.

Audio aids in education: definitions, classification of audio aids, developing an educational audio production, methods of using audio aids in education.

Audiovisual aids in education: definitions, classification of audiovisual aids, developing an educational audiovisual production, methods of using audiovisual aids in education.

Selection and evaluation of visual aids: assessment of the educational value of using visual aids in a specific lesson.

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The taught part of the course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations. Lecture notes and presentations are available for students to use on the e-learning platform of the university in combination with the recommended reading.