Format and Audience
TEACHING/PRESENTATION
TECHNIQUES
• Lecture Presentation
– Organization
– Content
• ComputerComputer-Aided Instruction/Distance Ed.
– Organization
– Content
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
• Research Presentation
– Organization
– Content
• Overview of Methods – Table 1
• General Issues
Chalkboard – Uses/Requirements
• Lecture/Discussion
• Board/Chalk
Chalkboard –
Advantages/Disadvantages
• Ease of use
• Readily available
• Spontaneous
discussions
• Draw
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Dust
“Old Fashioned”
Fashioned”
Time consuming
Face away from
audience
Not saved
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Whiteboard –
Advantages/Disadvantages
Whiteboard – Uses/Requirements
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Lecture
Discussion
Notes/Summary
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Whiteboard
Pens
Eraser
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Ease of use
Visibility
Color pens
Spontaneous discussions
Draw
• Pens dry out
• Wrong pens (DO NOT
USE Sharpie)
• Incomplete erasure
• Face away from
audience
• Not saved
Easel – Uses/Requirements
• Lecture
• Meetings
• Small Groups
• Paper
• Stand
• Markers
Easel –
Advantages/Disadvantages
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Ease of use
Visibility
Color
Portability
Use multiple for
audience participation
Prepare ahead or
spontaneous
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Face away from audience
Time
Smaller audience
Not saved
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Overhead Projector –
Uses/Requirements
Overhead Projector –
Advantages/Disadvantages
• Lecture
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Projector
Plastic sheets
Water or permanent
pens
Extra bulb
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Ease of use
Large groups
Visibility
Face audience
Fallback emergency
Prepare ahead or
spontaneous
Draw in color
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Stand close to audience
Block view
Time
Not saved
Can use wall in
emergency
Video Presenter (ELMO) –
Uses/Requirements
Video Presenter (ELMO) –
Advantages/Disadvantages
• Lecture
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• ELMO
• Video Projector
• Cables
Large groups
Face audience
Zoom in and out
3-D Objects
Live video
Draw in color
• Expensive
• Overhead transparency
quality limited
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2x2 Slides Uses/Requirements
• Lecture
• Meetings
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2x2 Slides Advantages/Disadvantages
Projector
Screen
Bulb
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Large groups
High resolution
Full color
Readily available
• Bulb burnout
• Damage or mixup of
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PowerPoint –
Uses/Requirements
• Lecture
• Meetings
• Seminars
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slides (In Europe
beware of slides
falling out or being
blown out, use glass
enclosed slides)
Noise
PowerPoint –
Advantages/Disadvantages
Computer
Video Projector
Cables
Keyboard & mouse
Media/Network
• Large groups
• Easy development &
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update
Ease of use
Multimedia
Draw in color
Save & distribute
• Linear (other programs
allow flexible sequence)
• Limitations on file size
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SmartBoard –
Uses/Requirements
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Meetings
Seminar
Small Groups
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SmartBoard –
Advantages/Disadvantages
Smartboard
Video projector
Computer
Cables
Ceiling mount
• PowerPoint integrated • Preinstalled hardware
with notes
• Costly
• Multimedia
• Interactive
• Convenience
Multimedium Podium –
Uses/Requirements
Multimedium Podium –
Advantages/Disadvantages
• Lecture
• Meetings
• Large groups
• Costly
• Integrate PowerPoint • Learning curve
with audio, video,
• Isolation from audience
web
• Fixed position
• Truly multimedia
• Slow network speed
• Control lighting &
• Limitations on file size
audio
• Different formats for DVD
• Switching between media
• Computer (desktop vs
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laptop, PC vs Mac vs PDA)
Video projector
AV equipment (VHS, Audio,
Video Disc, DVD, Web)
Network
Wireless keyboard & mouse
Installation
Costly
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Computer Aided Instruction –
Uses/Requirements
Computer Aided Instruction –
Advantages/Disadvantages
• Lectures
• Distant Learning
• Independent learning
• Individual pace
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Computer
Display
CDCD-ROM/DVD
Network connections
• No interaction
• No feedback unless
specifically arranged
• Internet connections
can be variable/slow
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