Animation is a form of dynamic presentation based on a rapid sequence of images that creates an illusion of movement. The educational purpose of animation is to present various types of processes, which allow to show cause-and-effect dependencies.
Acronym
An
Edition
1
Number
4
Production effort
6
Production time
6
Learning power
5
Engagement
4
Difficulty of use
4
self-learning
Yes
with peers
No
sync
Yes
async
Yes
formal
No
informal
No
Analysis
No
Awareness
No
Knowledge
Yes
Skills
Yes
Attitudes
No
Implementation
No
Measurement
No
Worth to know
- A good animation allows for the creation of a clear and understandable message based on complex and detailed data, it builds an expert image, connecting it to the ease of transfer.
- Animation being a form of multimedia content can be used as a form of engagement on a website or on social media - it encourages the familiarisation of more complex content offered by an organization.
- Animation is a form with a very high visual catchiness, it attracts and holds attention.
- Animations are suitable for the creation of so-called explainers, which explain complex concepts in simple forms.
- Animation allows to show how to do something by using the step-by-step method.
- A specific and relatively easy in production form of animation is the screencast. Which is the recording of what is happening on the screen (for example when realizing a particular task with the help of complex software). The recording of a person’s screen and voice does not require advanced technical abilities.
- Animation can be relatively easily edited as a fragment of a larger video material.
- It is worth hiring professional graphic designers and animators for the production of an animation. That will allow for it to have a good-looking and interesting graphic form.
- The problem with this form of development can be the stereotypical view of animation as a form of entertainment, an association with cartoons, something childish and inappropriate for serious content.
- There are services that provide pre-made templates for animation creation. They are intuitive, easy to use, but usually paid.
- Simple animations can be created by using authoring tools (for SCORM content creation) or even tools meant for creating presentations.
- Animation uses visual language which usually contains diagrams and symbols.