Visual Learning - on demand subtitled
video, quizzes, study tools, lesson plans
video, quizzes, study tools, lesson plans
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Education for the Visually Impaired
Why Visually Impaired Students use Zane Education
Visually impaired students, and children with impaired vision across North America and other countries, are using Zane Education's online learning solution, and subtitled educational video library, because it provides a unique and affordable online learning resource that teaches a comprehensive range of curriculum subjects - and because each video has a specially structured audio soundtrack that enables those visually impaired students to listen to, and learn exactly the same school curriculum material as their peers.
All of Zane's online video (except Math) is subtitled and uses an enlarged font that provides significant benefits for those students with partial visual impairment and children with limited vision.
But there is far more to Zane Education than simply it's use of visual learning...
There are four advanced features that makes Zane's online learning program, the online learning solution of choice for the parents and teachers of children and students affected by impaired vision. As parents and teachers:
- They appreciate that the specially structured audio soundtrack on each video enables each child to listen to exactly the same information watched or read by their peers. And for those children with only partial sight impairment, use of the visual nature of video, and the enlarged fonts provided in the subtitles offers significant benefits over the standard textbook - including catering for most learning styles allowing them to process information in their preferred style, and the most effective manner.
- They understand that research has established the link between the use of subtitles (or captions) on video and the potential to improve reading and literacy skills. By using the enlarged font sizes used in the subtitles this provides the opportunity for the child with limited visual impairment to study a topic AND improve their reading and literacy skills AT THE SAME TIME.
- They recognise that the use of each audio soundtrack provides the student or child with access to the same learning material used in schools by their peers without the need for specialist equipment or expensive specialist publications like Braille books.
- They recognize the importance of enabling their children to study at their own speed and thereby achieve their greatest potential.
Zane's online visual learning solution includes 6 key components:
- The subtitled videos that teach the information - often called the curriculum.
- The quizzes that test - but also continue the learning process.
- The lesson plans - for lesson preparation and lesson activities.
- The video study tools - that enables students to fully explore each topic.
- The Study Centre - enables student to track progress and provides additional resources (re-opening soon - new features currently being added)
- The very affordable family subscription - remains the same irrelevant of number of children.
Zane's online learning benefits...
Our advanced online learning solution provides these significant and unequalled benefits for those families of children that are visually impaired:
- Parent or Caregiver Benefits
- No special tutors or equipment needed
- Simple and straight forward to use
- Produces better learning outcomes
- Enables students to study on their own
- Family subscription includes all children
- Available online at any time 24/7
- Benefits for the Visually Impaired Student
- Makes learning fun and more interesting
- Provides for different learning styles
- Removes need to see to learn
- Larger fonts improves reading capability
- Enables child to learn at their own speed
- Helps develop independent learning
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Visual Learning
- Visual Learning Benefits
- Enhances learning
- Motivates students
- Highly effective
- Significant Cost benefits
- Improves Performance
Visual learning entails the use of visual aids like video to convey ideas even more effectively. It enhances learning since interactive effects are used to reinforce the content being learned. Visual learning is a great way of learning as it aids to increase a learner's interest in a certain subject.
Visual learning techniques are used widely in schools across the country to accomplish curriculum goals and improve student performance.
Educational Video
- Educational Video Benefits
- Suits wide range of learning styles
- Helps make learning fun
- Stimulates and Engages Students
- Holds attention for longer periods
- Motivates independent learning
- Enables self-paced learning
- Accelerates student achievement
- Essential for Dyslexic students
- Ideal medium for Special Needs
Substantial research promotes the use of video in the classroom, or the home, as a dynamic and effective resource for teaching and supporting curriculum material. According to a recent teacher survey, 94% of classroom teachers had effectively used video during the course of the last academic year, and most teachers were using it frequently - on average, at least once per week.
Video Subtitles
- Subtitle Benefits
- Motivates Reading
- Improves reading & literacy skills
- Helps students retain information
- Reinforces material being studied
- Essential for hearing impairment
- Invaluable for ESL students
- Meets laws for disability education
"A picture is worth a thousand words, but add text to the sound and video becomes a reading tutor."
(Captions For Literacy, 2008)
Zane provides the only fully subtitled (captioned) video library with enlarged fonts developed specifically for teaching available online. It enables study of curriculum material and reading improvement - at the same time! AND there are now legal requirements to cater for students with learning disabilities.
More on The Effective Use of Subtitles >
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Quizzes and Online Assessment
- Quiz Testing Benefits
- Continues learning process
- Maximises learning outcomes
- Tests mastery of specific material
- All answers qualified & explained
- Big question pool allows repeat use
- Inc. graphics & audio if relevant
- Retain quiz results by email
Many teachers dislike preparing and grading exams, and most students' dread taking them. Yet tests are powerful educational tools that serve at least four functions. They help evaluate and assess whether students they are learning what is being expecting of them. They can serve to motivate and help students structure their academic efforts. They can help you understand how successfully material is being presented. And they can reinforce learning by providing students with indicators of what topics or skills they have not yet mastered and should concentrate on.
Zane uses multiple-choice tests to measure both simple knowledge and complex concepts because multiple-choice questions can be answered quickly and you can assess students' mastery of many topics in a short time period. Zane has also ensured that each correct or incorrect answer is qualified with a reason so as to ensure that the learning process continues.
Video Study Tools
- Video Study Tool Benefits
- Video Word Glossary
- Dictionary
- Thesaurus
- Concise Encyclopaedia
- World Fact Book
- Literary Arts Guide
- Interactive KJV Bible
A selection of interactive study tools are provided immediately beside every video to enable the student to fully explore and understand all aspects of each particular topic.
Lesson Plans
- Lesson Plan Benefits
- Review Questions
- Key Glossary Terms
- Discussion Topic
- Debate subject
- Research Assignment
- Activity
- Essay Assignment
Zane provides free Lesson Planning for virtually all of the 260 topics so as to help reduce and minimize lesson planning and preparation time, and to ensure that lessons that are well planned, will achieve their objectives, and are more likely to provide the best learning outcomes for you and your children or students.
Curriculum Alignment
Zane Education's library of online subtitled video, online testing and assessment, quizzes and quiz questions have been specifically developed and produced for the teaching of the K-12 curriculum and are aligned to state, regional and national standards.
Zane Learning Guide
The Zane Learning Guide provides a detailed list and overview of the K-12 subjects and topics that can be studied using our online subtitled educational video library.
We highly recommend that you take the time to download this 270-page publication if you want to want to understand the comprehensive nature of the curriculum material we provide. Simply looking at our website will not fully inform you of the true extent of the learning material that we provide.
The link to download this from is: Catalog Downloads
Affiliate Program
Zane Education operates an Affiliate Program for those customers that wish to earn an income by promoting the Zane Education Visual Learning on their website, Blog, FaceBook page, or even on Twitter.
Visually Impaired Student Guide
Zane Education provides a Guide for Visually Impaired students demonstrating how to use the learning resources provided on this website to achieve the best educational outcome for the student.
This Guide can be downloaded free of cost on our Downloads page by those people that have completed a free Registration for a free Basic Membership.
Membership Options
Customers can complete a free Registration for a Basic Membership by going to our Registration Page.
Access to the use of our full subtitled videos is a Premium Service and requires the purchase of a Gold, Silver or Bronze Membership subscription
- Features
- Visually Impaired User Guide
- Subtitled Educational Videos *
- DEMO Subtitled Videos
- Free math videos
- All quizzes for each topic
- Video study tools
- Downloadable Lesson Plans
- Learning objectives
- Other onsite resources
- Zane Video catalogue (PDF)
- Tech Support
- Zane Home Learning Guide
- Christian Learning Guide
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- Paid Subscription
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* Subscription Options:
Gold Membership - all videos for all subjects for all Grades
Silver Membership - all videos for all subjects for the chosen Grade
Bronze Membership - all videos for all Grades for the chosen Subject
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