audio-visual aids

Classroom presentation tools

Audio-visual aids are materials that use sound, images, or both to support teaching or presentations.

The term covers everything from slide projectors and filmstrips to videos and interactive displays.

Once standard educational jargon, the phrase now sounds dated—modern equivalents like multimedia or digital resources have largely replaced it.

The teacher wheeled in the TV cart with the audio-visual aids.

Related

microphone · whiteboard · laser pointer · speakers · audiobooks · webcam · teleprompter · media player · LCD screen · voice over · soundbar · document camera · screen share · smart TV · multimedia presentations · flip chart · flashcards · show and tell

Opposites
instructional medium format

audio-visual aidstextbooks

Educational reference volumes

printed materials · chalk and talk · reading materials · books · lectures

technological complexity in education

audio-visual aidstraditional methods

Long-established ways of doing

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G