People learn differently. Some have text-based memory while some have visual memory. Some can easily retrieve information or concepts that they’ve learned through books while some have a hard time remembering text-based informations. We are now in the age of visual information where visual content plays a role in every part of life. As 65 percent of the population are visual learners, graphics are key to engaging students in learning concepts and courses.

According to Dr. Lynell Burmark, an education consultant says, “…unless our words, concepts, ideas are hooked onto an image, they will go in one ear, sail through the brain, and go out the other ear. Words are processed by our short-term memory where we can only retain about seven bits of information. Images, on the other hand, go directly into long-term memory where they are indelibly etched.”

Stanford University's Robert E. Horn, explains, "When words and visual elements are closely entwined, we create something new and we augment our communal intelligence ... visual language has the potential for increasing ‘human bandwidth'—the capacity to take in, comprehend, and more efficiently synthesize large amounts of new information." 

I request schools and universities to implement visual learning through Animations and Graphics to boost students learning capabilities.