Teaching Effectively with Presentation Technology Reflecting on Current Practice and Engaging with New Developments

Roehampton University, London

John Lodge & Lawry Price

Effective presentations

Take a moment to reflect on your experience of presentations.

What makes for an effective presentation?

Record your thoughts on the

handout.

Edward Tufte

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John Sweller

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Michael Alley

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Donald Norman

“Don't blame the problem on the tool.”

Catherine Adams

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Garr Reynolds

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Levasseur & Sawyer

Write two lists.

One which catalogues presentation software’s strengths – the other, its weaknesses.

Strengths & weaknesses

Share your list with your neighbour.

Linear experiences ?

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Combating linearity

Use hyper-linking to provide more flexible access to slides.

Try pptPlex for PowerPoint.

Use an alternative metaphor, e.g. Prezi or Cool Iris.

Reflect on PowerPoint’s linear slideshow model.

Has it ever influenced the way you teach?

Linear pedagogy?

Discuss

with your

neighbour.

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Reduced engagement ?

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Maintaining engagement

Distorting power relationships between tutor and students?

Including ‘activity’ slides

Supporting note-taking

Maintaining eye contact

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Knowledge forms

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Retaining knowledge forms

Being ‘guided’ unawares

Using bullets judiciously

Retaining established knowledge forms, where appropriate

PHOTO CREDIT: John Lodge, 2011

Habit forming ?

Resisting the habit

Presentation technology can be

convenient.

Do you find it habit-forming?

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Which of the issues we’ve considered might be significant for your own practice?

Modifying practice?

Compare notes with

your neighbour.

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