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Educational : An Alternative Teaching Learning Aid for English Jayana Sohanraj Nagar & Dr. M. K. Yagnik Research Scholar, Department of Education, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidya Nagar, Anand, Gujarat, India.Email Id: [email protected]

Former Head, Department of Education, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidya Nagar, Anand, Gujarat, India. 1. Animation Animation is to give life to a still thing. such an interesting aid to help learners to Animation means to give motion to still images. understand and remember the taught information It is described as to change the image at such a or knowledge for a longer period with better pace that changing of images is observed as a understanding. video in motion.It can also be described as a sequential motion given to images with addition Animation is good for describing a to text and sound. dynamic typical academic content because aid to show changes over time The search engine, Wikipedia the Free (temporal changes) which is very useful for Encyclopedia (2010) statesAnimation is a teaching processes. Animations can present both dynamic medium in which images or objects are the changes in position (translations), and the manipulated to appear as moving images. changes in form (transformation) that are (www.wikipedia.com). fundamental to learning this type of subject matter. According to Gagne (1968) states that animation is moving text and pictures or simply 3. Introduction of Animation in interesting transitions between visual tableaus Education which can be an effective attention grabber that Traditional Learning had so many lays the necessary foundation for learning. drawbacks which act as barriers in the students’ learning process. Due to it, often it was found 2. Education Animation that it was not students’ centered teaching. Educational animations are animations Students were not able to grab the content as per prepared with an objective of increase an interest their pace. Students were not able to focus on the in learning and helpful in teaching. Computer content due to lack of interest. Students were not Generated Imagery (CGI) has made animations

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able to understand due to lack of relationship at the way these molecules will interact with between imagination and reality. each other. Therefore, they can make an animation experiment exactly like the realistic in There were so many lacunas observed in the lab with regard to materials and results. Traditional Learning so introduction of Blended Therefore, also allows Learning fulfills the requirement for a students’ instructors to do things that would be extremely centered teaching process. Animation in hard to do in real life. education is introduced because the entire complex subject can be taught easily with the 4. Animation in Literature Learning help animation as learners can be amazed by Teachers are always looking for new and animations due to better visual perception and better ways to educate literature to the in human information youngsters. Researchers observed that when adequately.Students can understand the content children are having fun, they tend to learn better even after routine classes as animations can be which is scientifically proven also that retention replayed. Even, the learners have control over of information is higher when it is how the animation plays such as the playing communicated using both visual and verbal speed and direction, labels and audio communication. So, animation is a better commentary. Teachers are always looking for alternative for literature learning as it offers better ways to educate the students. If they are exciting possibilities for meeting the needs of having fun, they learn better. Computer 21st century learners. The use of animation animation can be used to make very exciting and instruction can significantly enhance student fun animations into which education and training literature learning if properly designed and can easily be incorporated. It is much more implemented. interesting to learn math for example when the letters are nice and colorful and flying around Today, Teachers can use the benefits of your TV screen instead of solving problems on animation and bring up the standards from old plain black and white paper. Other subjects such traditional boredom classroom to interesting as science, English, foreign language, music, and active classroom. Although evidence about the art can also be thought by using computer effectiveness of classroom animation is mixed animation. Computer animation is the perfect (Ainsworth, 2008). It was observed students are tool for those things because instructors can motivated, engaged and interacting in the lesson create realistic models of those things like atoms which is considered as positiveimpact of and molecules from the data they have and look animation for both teachers and students.

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commentary and explanation. Students Have you ever wondered why children formulate imagination in their mind to grab the learn particular habits, some good some bad, knowledge which they are getting through from cartoons? Similarly, students learn a lot animated videos so it is necessary that pace more from a teacher who moves around, keeps should be in tune so that students can have better the class interactive by different techniques and understanding. If typical topic or subject is under demonstration. It is the same effect with banners discussion, subtitles can also be used for better because they contain moving objects (Geert, understanding of the content. 2009). Animation is “beneficial to learning especially when the learning material demands 7. Advantagesof Educational Animation visual movement” (Rias&Zaman, 2011, p. 582). (a) Imagination comes to Reality The content of many subject are 5. Effectiveness of Educational very typical and complex that it is a very Animation cumbrous job to teach about those specific Research evidence about the content without any demonstration or educational effectiveness of animations is . For all these types of content, mixed. Researchers have compared the animations plays as a boon for teachers as it educational effectiveness of static and animated facilitate them with a practical visualization of displays. In many studies, findings showpositive anything to teach to students. effects of animations on learning whereas other studies have found less or no effects. In general, (b) Replay for Reiterate it can be concluded that animations are not One of the important benefits of intrinsically more effective than static graphics. animations that students can study by the lesson Rather, the specific animations and how they are taught by teacher repeatedly if they have any used play a key role in the effects that they have doubt even after the teaching session by on learning. replaying the video. Animations provide a pleasant and calm environment for students to 6. Points to be Adhere in Educational learn. Animation Students are always attractive towards (c) Online/ Offline Availability colours and famous sounds. So, it is necessary In the digital era, teacher can use that animations should have colourful characters social media or other mobile application to and renowned voice should be used for upload the videos taught so that whether

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students are in class, in the library or at home, to present the concepts in a creative and original students will be having easy access to effective way. This enables students to realize their animated videos. This also allows them imagination through animation and have a flexibility to progress at their own pace. logical answer for the content taught.

(d) Interactive (h) All Subject Suitability Interactivity is a mutual action Due to its creativity and massive between the learner, learning system, and scope of drawing images, it is suitable for all learning material. Animations are very helpful subjects for eg. Chemistry, Yoga, Mathematics. for students to learn with interactive animations and it helps Learners to learn faster and have (i) Development of Skill/ Abilities better attitudes toward animation especially with The students takes very less time audio techniques like synced audio commentary. to understand complex topics, if they are taught (e) Fit for All Ages of Students with interactive animation and in turn it makes Another benefit of animation them to enjoy more while learning difficult video is that it is suitable for all ages of students things. Because the students do not have any risk starting from Kindergarten to Intermediate. It while learning complex topic by animation, the just needs to change the language used and the learners' skills and abilities are improved. complexity of the content. (j) Motivation (f) Easily Correlated Factor Since the animations are interactive and Sometimes, content of the understandable tool for flexible education and curriculum is so much typical that students are training, learners are more motivated to learn not able to understand the content. For such more and more. Learners will be interested to typical subject, teacher can very well use learn new chapter due to teaching with animation and make students to understand the interactive animation videos. subject very easily and in much better manner by animation video. (k) Multi-Sensory Teaching Tool By animated films learning, students can (g) Easy Communicating Tool SEE the colourful interesting favourite Animation is a new innovative characters in complex topics, HEAR some way which acts a good qualitative interesting voices and responding respectfully to communicating tool between teacher and student other characters, and TALK about the viewing

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experience with peers and teachers. So, using a monuments such as TajMahal or Great Wall of multi-sensory tool like animation to teach China. subject like English, History, Mathematics etc. (f) Keeping videos in CDs or DVD is not and critical thinking is highly effective. safe as they become unserviceable after some uses or time due to environmental and DVD (l) 3D Animations Technique player conditions. So, it is difficult to store 3D animations gives a extra edge animated content in DVD/CD. in teaching as it gives access to understand 3D (g) Teacher have to store the data in Hard model view of imaginary content in subject like Disk to avoid risk of CD/DVD serviceability but Science , English etc. For example, teacher can hard disk have their own limitations of data use 3D Model of any molecule,atmosphere storage, malware attack and getting corrupted layers, climatic changes, he ocean floor based, due to any reason. So again storage of animated different word used for home constructions. video is a big question.

8. Disadvantages ofEducational 9. Conclusion Animation Computer animation has many The following are some possible advantages than the traditional way of education limitations of using animation in education and and training. The motivation and skill training: improvement are the main benefits. The main (a) Students will not be able to familiar with goal of computer animation is to reduce learners’ Real-time learning experience due to animation time and useless effort of learning, and to make program. it more practical and task-oriented. Nevertheless, (b) Experienced teachers are required who it also has some limitations that create some of are well versed with the multimedia equipment, disadvantages. sound control and for certain programming. So it is not easy for every subject teachers. References (c) It is costly to prepare animated video for [1] Bancroft, T. & Keane, G. (2006). all topics of all subjects. Creating characters with personality: For film, (d) it Cannot depict actuality like video TV, animation, video games, and graphic novels. (e) It can be an alternative to reality but Watson: Guptill. cannot take place while teachers are teaching content related to reality for eg. Real places and [2] Chanlin, L.(2000). Attributes of Animation for Learning Scientific

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