Literacy no longer means knowing how to read, write: Audio visual
era
Have you ever wondered why reading and writing is such a big deal
in school?
India
Today: 11.27.2018 by Syed Sultan Ahmed, MD and Chief Learner at LXL Ideas
The
first thing that is taught in a school to any kid that starts schooling is to
read and to write.
From
that day on, for the next two decades, students go through a rigmarole
revolving reading and writing -- tests, exams, assignments, and so on.
The
very term 'literacy' means our ability to read and write.
Have
you ever wondered why reading and writing is such a big deal in school?
One
of the answers to this question lies in the fact that for almost a 1,000 years,
knowledge resided in books: if one was to gain knowledge, they had to read, and
if one had to propagate this knowledge, they had to write.
Up
until a few years ago, the biggest difference between a literate and illiterate
person was that the knowledge was accessible only those who knew how to read
and write.
But
the reality of the world we live in today is that more knowledge, information
and news is created and shared through audio-visual (AV) mediums.
The
era of audio-visual learning
■ The
very definition of literacy is being questioned: you don't necessarily have to
read in order to gain knowledge, and you don't need to necessarily write to
share knowledge
■ In
fact, not many people realize that we are presently living in a knowledge
revolution
■ If
reading and writing meant literacy in a world of books, ever wondered what is
the new meaning of literacy in the audio-video era?
■ It
is a known fact that kids don't like to read and write as much as the
generations before them
■ Kids
are increasingly consuming content through the AV medium and in the recent
past, they have shown great appetite to create abundant AV content
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