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Some people (like me) are visual learners / auditory learners and Computerphile caters to that niche of learners. This is why I prefer videos/audio over tangibl

Some people (like me) are visual learners / auditory learners and Computerphile caters to that niche of learners. This is why I prefer videos/audio over tangible books that you can hold. It is also common to see me putting blogposts into text-to-speech programs and then I listen to them at night or on the train.

EugeneOZ 8y ago
Well.. I knew about visual learners, I didn't know how strong is this effect. At least I learned today :) Sorry.
- a_bonobo 8y ago
  Both of you may be interested in this research from last year: No evidence to back idea of learning styles https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/mar/12/no-evidence-to-back-idea-of-learning-styles https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/mar/12/no-evidenc...
  - EugeneOZ 8y ago
    It's not research, it's just a manifest.
    - octosphere 8y ago
      We are naturally inclined to have certain biases towards different learning styles. It's really a psychology issue. What bothers me about these studies that claim we should 'work harder' on our weaknesses (i.e visual learners should read more books/text) - is that we should also build on strength. When you bolster one learning style and neglect the other, but learn more in the process of the preferred learning style, then why not see it to the end, and understand / digest the knowledge gained? I guess it is about balance. If I am a pure visual (or auditory) learner, then surely I would have learned that books/text have their place. I imagine that the greatest learners out there use all the learning styles but still have a bias towards their learning style. How pronounced that bias is, is still unknown.
  - tyingq 8y ago
    Of course, no study is needed to confirm that people have preferences...regardless of outcome.
copperx 8y ago
Sure, there are accessibility issues for people like you, but the density of text cannot be overstated. Imagine transformig a textbook with all of its details into videos with explanations at the same level of detail. It's a gargantuan task and the playtime of such content would be in the order of years, not hours.

EugeneOZ 8y ago

Well.. I knew about visual learners, I didn't know how strong is this effect. At least I learned today :) Sorry.

a_bonobo 8y ago
Both of you may be interested in this research from last year: No evidence to back idea of learning styles https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/mar/12/no-evidence-to-back-idea-of-learning-styles https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/mar/12/no-evidenc...
- EugeneOZ 8y ago
  It's not research, it's just a manifest.
  - octosphere 8y ago
    We are naturally inclined to have certain biases towards different learning styles. It's really a psychology issue. What bothers me about these studies that claim we should 'work harder' on our weaknesses (i.e visual learners should read more books/text) - is that we should also build on strength. When you bolster one learning style and neglect the other, but learn more in the process of the preferred learning style, then why not see it to the end, and understand / digest the knowledge gained? I guess it is about balance. If I am a pure visual (or auditory) learner, then surely I would have learned that books/text have their place. I imagine that the greatest learners out there use all the learning styles but still have a bias towards their learning style. How pronounced that bias is, is still unknown.
- tyingq 8y ago
  Of course, no study is needed to confirm that people have preferences...regardless of outcome.

copperx 8y ago

Sure, there are accessibility issues for people like you, but the density of text cannot be overstated. Imagine transformig a textbook with all of its details into videos with explanations at the same level of detail. It's a gargantuan task and the playtime of such content would be in the order of years, not hours.