This article reminds me of a few things; firstly, a video I watched that talked about "visual learners" and the different types of learners that people (and schools) talk about. The main point of the video was that there is no such thing as a visual learner, and that learning styles are just how people prefer to learn, not how they learn best. They are a great example of different tools that could be used to learn, but there is not scientific data that suggests that the learners chosen "style" helps them learn all things easier in any way. In the digital age,
however, the newest generation has a shorter attention span. I am not sure if this has been linked to the boom in the internet, but it could provide in it. With a shorter attention span, more access to a blend of literary and visual information, most people prefer visual learning purely because it takes less time to digest. Its shorter than reading something to just look at a graph. I will mention that the attention span statistics probably did not account for the digital divide, and most likely only surveyed people who are on the internet most often. If shorter attention span is linked to technology, then it would make a good survey to test in both regions where they have internet access and where they don't. There is an incredibly large percent of the population that struggles to get internet access or just plain has none at all. If imagery really had that effect on our learning, I wonder how this would be tested in a group that has less experience with digital imagery?
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