A short summary of observations from family experience in Eastern Europe

1. How our kids learn
differently
YAVOR GANEV

2. How do (they) learn?
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlaG99awCD8

3.  School is changing as well as educational process. Despite going to
traditional school and having traditional classes, our children differ a lot in
the comprehension methods they employ. A growing amount of children
both prefer and are encouraged to pick up their comprehension from
digital channels, mostly with combination of video and examples.

4.  https://www.khanacademy.org/
 https://ucha.se/
 These are among the preferred by students and recommended by teachers
educational platforms enabling comfortable, comprehensive, affordable
and easily accessible conceptual explanations.
 Started a few years ago, these platforms grow both content-wise and in
terms of new account registration.
 Started as alternative to traditional education, they are now promoted by
the very same teachers and professors they were initially challenging.

5.  Ucha.se is the local educational platform in Bulgaria that connects over
800,000 registered users (more than 10% of the overall population).
 Over 14k videos.
 Affordable – monthly subscription in the range of EUR 6.
 Convenient – supplements complex education comprehension with the
convenience of home environment.
 Easily accessible – can be accessed from computer, tablet or mobile device.
Videos can be repeated.
 Platform presents opportunity for talented teachers to compete in crafting
better and clearly understandable content. Cash benefits for uploaders
ensure incentive scheme is working.

6. Advantages of using videos in e-
learning
 https://blog.commlabindia.com/elearning-design/7-advantages-of-using-
videos-in-elearning

7.  Information has never been easier to obtain.
 Roughly half of YouTube users say the platform is very important for
helping them figure out how to do things they’ve never done before.
 https://www.pewinternet.org/2018/11/07/many-turn-to-youtube-for-
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8. How does this disrupt education?
 Our kids grow up as digital natives, meaning they have known digital
devices all their lives.
 Advantages of Videos as educational medium:
 It gives students clear concept clarity, as everything can be visualized and
explained in detail.
 Visuals tend to be more interesting and engaging, when compared to text.
 Students who are good visual learners have a lot of advantages studying
from videos. They can learn more efficiently.
 It helps retain and maintain interest for longer periods of time.
 It provides an innovative and effective means for educators to address and
deliver the required curriculum content.

9.  Videos are mostly very demonstration-friendly.
 Videos create experiences. For instance, you can recreate voices, faces,
situations of a past event, person or place. Children can experience extinct
species of animals or animals that thrive only in a remote wilderness half way
around the world.
 It acts as a flexible teaching medium. The more interested and engaged
students are and the more interactive each learning session is, the more
students will enjoy learning and retain information from the lesson. Videos
provide the option to stop each video and challenge students to predict the
outcome of a demonstration, and elaborate on, or debate a point. You also
have the option to rewind a section of the video to review a segment to ensure
that children understand key concepts. You can ensure to add further
interactivity by copying activities, conducting discussions or repeating
demonstrations and experiments in your classroom.
 It gives instance notes, whenever required can visualize the video and topic will
be revised and can also make notes.

10.  Conclusions:
 Adjusted for language gaps, platforms for video educational materials
present powerful tool to bridge presenters/teachers, content and
beneficiaries / students.
 They enable continuous education, encourage curiosity and promote
critical thinking, problem solving and creativity.
 Can successfully supplement (or in the cases of large distances, even
replace) traditional in-class learning.
 Enables creation of joint projects by students.