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- 2. Topics •Why Do We Chose PowerPoint? •Cognitive Load? •Maximizing Tools in PowerPoint •Death by PowerPoint •Do you ALWAYS Need it? •Alternatives to PowerPoint
- 3. Why do we chose PowerPoint? •Familiar •Available •Portable •Simple •Publishers’ Content
- 4. What is Cognitive Load? • In a nutshell, cognitive load is defined as the amount of information our brain’s working memory has to hold, process, and retain new information. Everyone has a certain brain capacity, and everyone’s working memory is different. When an individual has to process too much, the information becomes progressively more challenging to manage. • In the classroom environment, a student’s ability to process new information can be affected by the content as well as the environment. Sometimes the way that we present new information can be distracting, and take away from the learner’s ability to process the information. • Volumes of research has been conducted on this topic, and researchers suggest that when the instructor lightens the load, it will be easier for learners to process and retain. Much of this research suggests that using PowerPoint slides while reading them aloud presents too much sensory stimulation to allow the learner to optimally retain the information presented. • Most instructors have identified methods of instructional delivery that they think are good or bad… but sometimes we may need to step back and re-evaluate the way that our students are absorbing that information. Have we presented too much information at once? Are there external distractions that might make it difficult to process the new information?
- 5. Cognitive Load •How Much Can Students Process? •What Happens With Cognitive Load? •Research Tells Us… •What Can We Do Differently? https://youtu.be/Qj7WyfceJ58
- 6. Maximizing Tools in PowerPoint •Limit Slide Content •Using Images •Using Animation
- 7. Cognitive Load •How Much Can Students Process? •What Happens With Cognitive Load? •Research Tells Us… •What Can We Do Differently?
- 8. Death by PowerPoint •Death by PowerPoint
- 9. Do you ALWAYS need PowerPoint? •Do you ALWAYS need PowerPoint?
- 10. Alternatives to PowerPoint •Other Options
- 12. • Link to article “Why Your Students Forgot Everything On Your PowerPoint Slides” https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-01-19-why-your-students- forgot-everything-on-your-powerpoint-slides References and Links Images used are licensed through Creative Commons (CC-BY): “Orange” by Martin Brigden, https://www.flickr.com/photos/noddymini/ “Cognitive Load Theory” – WikiMedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WorkingCogLoad.png