EDVISUALLY FOR AUTISM AND BEYOND
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Mission Statement
Advocate for Neurodiversity and Inclusion amongst the underserved population of Neurodivergent Learners in our communities, and to create, provide and support with Resources and Visual-Based Educational Tools that Empower towards Independent Living.
About This Cause
EdVisually is short for Educating Visually. The concept was coined by authors, Sarah Jane Edward-Sebeni and Vidya Sudarsan, to promote visual education of academic and non-academic subjects to neurodivergent learners. It emerged from the need to free education from being primarily textual and static, to making it more visual and dynamic through the use of real-life photo images, diagrams, illustrations, videos, animations, and visual interaction. It is becoming a proven fact that a dynamic visual mode of learning transfers higher information to a learner, than a textually static one. “Research has found that “65 percent of the general population are visual learners, meaning they need to see information in order to retain it.” Neurodivergent learners are highly visual, and processing information delivered to them visually, is vital to comprehending and making connections to analyze the world around them. Our nonprofit emerged to meet this need to provide visual learning resources for neurodivergent learners, especially those on the autism spectrum who absorb information almost entirely visually. It is our primary goal to meet the inadequate supply of visually-driven educational resources that are available, by creating augmented instruction for those with learning challenges. In the field of education, information and knowledge has long been delivered predominantly through the medium of black and white printed text form. However, with the evolution of print media, students began to absorb information at lightning speed, as they went one step further in soaking up concepts visually via charts, illustrations, and diagrams. Then dawned the era of photographs. However, the volume circulated in textbooks has been proportionately low. That’s where EdVisually comes in. We are on a mission to transform academic subject material and deliver content with highly visual, colorful, and graphic photographs that are visually appealing in teaching and retaining information . Since the dawn of the internet age, we have never before been more rapidly ushered into newer ways of acquiring knowledge. The information highway of today has most societies swimming in a media-rich frenzy, while learning in the classroom has somewhat remained the same, particularly, through the textbook medium. EdVisually believes it is time to bring about a change in this system of delivery method. We want to make the books students learn from, and other modes of learning, less textual, to be more dynamic, more interactive, more interesting, and needless to say, more visually engaging. With projectors and smart boards gradually replacing every blackboard, and even whiteboards in classrooms around the world, it is our hope to see a transformation take place in the way curriculum is delivered to students in the generations to come. To be successful, visual learners require knowledge and concepts to be delivered in more than one format, so delivery on an online learning platform is our next big focus. EdVisually has been working tirelessly over the years to evolve in its approach to bring newer modes of instructional delivery using educational technology. It is a joy to see our vision finally come to reality as we strive to fulfill our mission to empower independence in every neurodivergent learner in our communities. We are excited to announce the launch of our latest project, EdVirtually, an online Virtual Learning Platform, that supports and promotes learning autonomy of the highest level. This online learning program is designed and tailored with a curriculum that supports all visual learners with highly engaging and interesting content. It will instruct based on their identified learning gaps during their needs assessment according to their comprehension level, and will track student progress regularly. Last but not least, our ultimate vision for how information is visually consumed, is to integrate next generation tools such as AR/VR technology into our platform, which is one of the best means to deliver augmented visual learning. This is where we see ourselves expand and evolve, as we leap into the future of educating and preparing the next generations for success. We appeal to you to support us in any form toward this important social cause. Everyone, regardless of their learning style, deserves fair and equal access to a quality medium of education. Let’s make a difference, and let’s make this happen together!