2011 AECT International Convention
Tired of PowerPoint?
Using research-based and theory-grounded guideline in selecting Web 2.0 tools for effective and engaging presentations.
Dr. Corey Lee,
Assistant Professor
Dr. Jeremy Dickerson,
Associate Professor
Dr. Joe Winslow,
Associate Professor & Department Chair

Outline
1. What is Multimedia Learning?
2. Graphic Design
3. What are the effective Web 2.0 presentation tools? Why?
4. Strategies for technology integration
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Multimedia Learning
1. Use words and graphics
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Multimedia Learning
2. Don’t decorate, communicate!
Don’t use pictures which aren’t conceptually relevant
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Multimedia Learning
3. Present words as audio rather than onscreen text
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Multimedia Learning
4. Avoid cognitive overload
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Graphic Design:
Visual Design Principles
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• Key idea: Nothing should be placed on the page arbitrarily. Every item should have a visual connection with something else on the page.
• Strong alignment helps guide the user's eye, making the page easier to browse and drawing the eye to the most important parts of the page.
• According to Williams:
– center alignment tends to look formal and can sometimes look dull or "mushy"
– strong left or strong right alignment looks more professional and clean
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Contrast makes a page more interesting and readable
Key idea:
• If two items are not exactly the same, make them different , really different
.
• Shape, font face, size, weight, texture, line, spacing, color, etc.
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Less effective More effective
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 LESS effective MORE effective 
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• Key idea: Group related items together.
• Proximity helps the user identify which items go together
– Close proximity implies a relationship
– Use placement, size, and color to group items that go together
– Don’t be afraid of empty space! – Less is
MORE
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• Key idea: REPEAT some aspect of the design throughout the entire piece.
• Repetition of visual elements throughout the design unifies and strengthens it by tying together otherwise separate parts.
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Effective Web 2.0 Presentation Tools
14 presentation tools were reviewed http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/tools/online-presentation-tools/
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Analysis
Functionality
Usability
Utility
Easy to use authorSTREAM SlideShare/Slid ecasts video/narration
/PPT friendly
Prezi
Video/narration video
Google Docs none
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Strategies for Technology Integration
1. For online course presentations
2. To share with students and colleagues
3. To engage students
4. Students as the authors/designers/developers
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