Learning X Digital media

In this 21st century, where most of our youngsters come from the Y generation, it is of no surprise that many education institutes are making use of digital media to enhance students' learning experience. Learning is definitely made effective through the use of such digital media, and I believe students are enjoying the process of it!

Digital learning allows us to be exposed to many different things. We do not just simply rely on the textbooks which can only go so far. With the help of the Internet and computers, learning can go far beyond that. We can watch videos to understand a scientific process better, we can learn social knowledge through watching a particular video, or do experiments and research through surveys and data collection from the use of the Internet. There are so many things to make learning more interesting. When learning becomes a form of interest, we learn better and fast, and this is taken from Affective domain by Bloom's taxonomy. And from experience, this is definitely true. Though i dislike using word documents or some form of digital media devices to take notes during lesson, I enjoy doing research on the Internet as compared to conventional methods of finding information in the library. The latter is so much more tedious and time consuming as compared to the unorthodox way of learning with digital media. I love it when lecturers can upload videos relating to what they teach to give me an overall idea of the topic itself. These videos often leave longer lasting impressions on me and knowledge is entrenched in me.