AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS - THE CONE OF EXPERIENCE
" The Cone is a visual analogy, and like all analogies, it does not bear an exact and detailed relationship to the complex elements it represents" - Words from "Edgar Dale". THE CONE OF EXPERIENCE 🎉 Introduction First introduced in Dale's 1946 book, Audio-Visual Methods in Teaching. Designed to "show the progression of learning experiences" (Date(1969) p.108) from the concrete to the abstract. Father of Modern Media in Education - The Edgar Dale The Cone A) Direct and Purposeful Experience Direct, First hand experience Have a direct participation in the outcome Use of all our senses B) Contrived Experience Models and mock-ups "Editing of Reality" Necessary when real experience cannot be used or are too complicated. C) Dramatized Experience Reconstructed experiences Can be used to simplify an event or idea to its most important parts Divided into two categories : Acting and Observing D) Demonstration Visualized explanation of an impor...