Active Learning: A PowerPoint Tutorial

Autor/in	Gareis, Elisabeth
Titel	Active Learning: A PowerPoint Tutorial
Quelle	In: Business Communication Quarterly, 70 (2007) 4, S.462-466 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1080-5699
DOI	10.1177/10805699070700040304
Schlagwörter	Business Communication; Active Learning; Guidelines; Visual Aids; Computer Software; Training; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Graphics; Educational Resources; Assignments; Higher Education; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unternehmenskommunikation; Aktives Lernen; Richtlinien; Anschauungsmaterial; Ausbildung; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Computergrafik; Bildungsmittel; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Individual or group presentations are common assignments in business communication courses, and many students use PowerPoint slides as audiovisual support. Frequently, curriculum constraints don't allow instructors much time to teach effective design and delivery of presentation graphics in their courses; guidelines in the form of minilectures or handouts often have to suffice. While some students heed the advice given, more often than not the guidelines don't stick, and presentations feature slides that are too text heavy, difficult to read, or otherwise less than effective. To involve the students actively and engage them more deeply in the learning process, the author designed an online tutorial that covers both the effective design and delivery of PowerPoint slides or similar presentation graphics. The tutorial consists of units that highlight specific design or delivery guidelines. The tutorial also provides advice on how to create an outline, delineates pros and cons of using PowerPoint, and lists further resources, including satirical and critical commentary on the medium. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10