Using PowerPoint Differently When Teaching Online

Using PowerPoint differently online

Patrick R. LowenthalCU Online

patrick.lowenthal@cudenver.edu

AgendaAgenda

1. Death by PowerPoint

2. Improving PowerPoint Strategies

3. Everything Changes Online

4. Tools of the Trade

5. Distribution

6.Q & A

Death by

PowerPoint

4Peter Norvig -- http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/sld001.htm

EdwardEdward TufteTufte

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Cognitive Style of Cognitive Style of PowerPointPowerPoint

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• ““Official: PowerPoint is bad for Official: PowerPoint is bad for Brains”Brains”

• ““Bad PowerPoint: When is enough, Bad PowerPoint: When is enough, enough?”enough?”

• ““PowerPoint: Shot with its own PowerPoint: Shot with its own bullets”bullets”

• ““PowerPoint is evil”PowerPoint is evil”

• ““Does PowerPoint make us Stupid?”Does PowerPoint make us Stupid?”

• ““PowerPoint: Can software edit our PowerPoint: Can software edit our thoughts?”thoughts?”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tGq3tH4qSw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ5dbUCu2Ug

1.Low resolution

2.Bullet outlines dilute thought

3.Deeply hierarchical and linear structure

4.Fragments narrative and data

5.Preoccupation with format, not content

6.Decoration and phluff

Tufte’s Tufte’s ProblemsProblems

1.Focused on presentations—not learning

2.Blames the tool

3.Over-emphasis on content

4.Doesn’t offer any strategies to improve PowerPoint

Problems w/ Problems w/ TufteTufte

Improving PowerPoint

Use

1.Use more visuals or give handouts

2.Avoid bulleted outlines

3.Develop non-linear presentations

4.Use non-distracting backgrounds; avoid distracting images

Tufte’s Implicit Tufte’s Implicit TipsTips

1.Should support learning objectives 2.Avoid PPT templates3.Avoid using more than one level of bullets4.Less is better: less words & fewer slides5.Avoid distracting clip art or unrelated

images6.Avoid distracting slide transitions7.Use CARP to improve design8.Avoid using all CAPS9.Leverage multimedia10.Don’t let PowerPoint control your teaching

Rules of ThumbRules of Thumb

1.6 x 6

2.10, 20, 30 rule

3.Ignite

4.Pecha Kucha

5.Gar Reynolds Top 10 (Presentation 2.0)

Other StrategiesOther Strategies

Everything

Changes Online!

I Have a Question ???I Have a Question ???

OnlineImperative

Narrate

Add ContentAdd Content

Ways to NarrateWays to Narrate

1. Use PowerPoint

2. Use a PPT add-on (e.g., Adobe Presenter, iSpring, Articulate, Impatica)

3.Use a third party app (e.g., Adobe Connect, Jing, PhotoStory, MovieMaker, iMovie)

Lets Create this Document Together

http://tinyurl.com/FLCpowerpoint

Ways to Add Ways to Add ContentContent1. Add More Text / Graphics to Body of the Slides

2. Add Notes

This slide is an example of what a PowerPoint slide online might look like:

More content is better onlineWhen developing PowerPoint presentations for online learning, the rules change. The number one reason is because your audience is now sitting right at a computer screen. Therefore, while the two central principles (i.e., sound instructional design and sound message design) remain important because learners often skim instead of read content online, the actual development of the PowerPoint presentation changes and becomes more like designing a webpage.

ImplicationsThe number one way this impacts faculty is by the fact that one presentation cannot and should not be used for classroom and online courses—that is, unless you are going to include audio or video to supplement the slides.

Adding More TextAdding More Text

Adding More Text

Additional Things

to Consider

Adding Interactivity

The Rules Change Online

This slide is another example of what a PowerPoint slide online might look like:

InteractivityWhen developing PowerPoint presentations online, it is important to recognize and take advantage of the fact that your learner is now able to interact with your presentation. Therefore, including URL’s, video, audio, games, quizzes, can all strengthen your presentation as a learning experience.

BandwidthThe size of your files, images that you use, and any video components takes on new importance. As a general rule of thumb, it is hard to email anything over 4mb so you should strive to keep your PowerPoint presentations under 4mb.

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1.Interactivity

2.MS Producer for PowerPoint

3.Articulate Presenter

4.Impatica for PowerPoint

5.Games

6.Digital Stories

We need to think of ways to get students to interact and actively engage in their learning.

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1.Interactivity

2.MS Producer for PowerPoint

3.Articulate Presenter

4.Impatica for PowerPoint

5.Games

6.Digital Stories

MS Producer is a good tool if you want to add audio and video to your slides.

It is also free!

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1.Interactivity

2.MS Producer for PowerPoint

3.Articulate Presenter

4.Impatica for PowerPoint

5.Games

6.Digital Stories

Articulate Presenter offers a seamless (but expensive) alternative to Producer. Also has quiz making tools.

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1. Interactivity

2. MS Producer for PowerPoint

3. Articulate Presenter

4. Impatica for PowerPoint

5. Games

6. Digital Stories

Impatica is an easy tool to covert PowerPoint slides for the web.

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1.Interactivity

2.MS Producer for PowerPoint

3.Articulate Presenter

4.Impatica for PowerPoint

5.Games

6.Digital Stories

PowerPoint can used to create learning games to engage students online

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1.Interactivity

2.MS Producer for PowerPoint

3.Articulate Presenter

4.Impatica for PowerPoint

5.Games

6.Digital StoriesDigital stories can be an effective way to build teacher presence online.

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Other Ideas?

Distribution

Patrick Lowenthalpatrick.lowenthal@ucdenver.edu

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