How to Create & Use PowerPoint Slides to Engage Learners

1. ~ Loading Power to Your PowerPoint
How to Create & Use PowerPoint
To Engage Learners
MOHAN Joseph Bernard
Division of Business, CCCU
cmmohan@cityu.edu.hk
Aug 23, 2013

2. It's commonsense

3. The problem

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5. REALITY CHECK?

6. REALITY CHECK
My PowerPoint slides mainly contain text
1. Almost Always
2. Sometimes
3. Seldom

7. REALITY CHECK
The average number of slides I use in a
2-hour lecture is about
1. 40 slides
2. 50 slides
3. 60 slides
4. 70 slides

8. • A power point presentation is not a
reading report here is a rather boring
and a large block of text that is sure
to turn off your interest and make you
extremely sleepy. In fact I will be quite
impressed if you read through the
entire slide. This slide is really awful
(or is it really good at depicting
something really awful? ). Whew, this
is harder than I thought to write this
much gibberish…
Even if you break it up with bullet
points it still distracts and depresses
the audience.
Guess What?

9. Teaching = Presentation
Misunderstanding?Teacher's
Problem

10. The Challenge?

11. Designing PPTs 4 Teaching
Key Ingredients
Retention Understanding
Apply
Learning
Theory

12. Retention
Attention
Memory Readability
Maintaining
Attention

13. Retention
Attention
10 min span
Reduce
distractions
Text overload
PPT karaoke
Excess Animation
Irrelevant images

14. • A power point presentation is not a
reading report here is a rather boring
and a large block of text that is sure to
turn off your interest and make you
extremely sleepy. In fact I will be quite
impressed if you read through the entire
slide. This slide is really awful (or is it
really good at depicting something really
awful? ). Whew, this is harder than I
thought to write this much gibberish…
Even if you break it up with bullet points
it still distracts and depresses the
audience.
Textoverload

17. Awful Bullets
Think of shooting down one student at a time with
each bullet you use without a purpose
Bullet
Points

18. Outcomes of too many bullet points

19. Retention
Memory
Patterns
Repetition
Mind map
Infographics
Models
MNEMONICS
Recap

20. Retention
Readability
Background color
30 Font size
Font type (Arial bold)
6x6 rule
White
background & black
font
6 lines per slide
6 words per slide

21. Retention
Maintaining
Attention
Quiz (Socrative)
Blanks
Illustration
Game
Twitter

22. • Collaborative slide as a tool
• Create this slide in-class with
students’ contribution
–Student ownership will be high
–Hence likely to stay engaged

23. Depth vs. Scope
Scope
Depth

24. The Power of Pause

25. How many things have I done in this
presentation for your Retention?

26. Understanding
Compare
&
Contrast
Analyze Evaluate
Integrate

27. Critical Thinking
What if?
Panadol
Inaction
Ice Bath
Fever
Final
Decision

28. Critical Thinking
What if?
?
?
?
Fever

29.
Retention & Understanding
• After about 5 slides check
students’ understanding by
creating a quiz slide (use
Socrative app)

30. 10, 20, 30 Rule
No: of
Slides
Duration
(minutes)
Font size

31. I am not a
slave to
PowerPoint

32. Which principle(s) I
violated in my
presentation?
A pop quiz for you!

33. How many buzz words I
used so far?
Case study
Learning
strategy
Memory Understanding
Technology PPT Focus zoom Clickers
Apps Keynote Animation Games
Transition Design Patterns Memory
Presentation Rules Principles Techniques

34. Your PPT
• Would you consider using at least 3 ideas
presented here?

35. Let's take stock
• Used theoretical model
• Created structure
• Used less bullets (to spare your life)
• Used more visuals
• Provided scope for Interaction
• Used the Power of Pause
• Did I help retention?
• Did I help understanding?

36. Thank You!!!

37. References
1. Maryellen Weimer, Does PowerPoint Help or Hinder Learning?
2. Manju Muralidharan Priya, PowerPoint Use in Teaching
3. UCF Faculty Centre for Teaching & Learning, Effective Use of
PowerPoint
4. Milaela, How do I make my PowerPoint slides more effective?
5. Stephen Bostock, Using PowerPoint for Teaching
6. David Forrest, How can I use PowerPoint more effectively?
7. Melissa Higton, Good Practice in Using PowerPoint for
Teaching
8. Deirdre Bonnycastle, Teaching with PowerPoint
9. Mohan Joseph B, Publisher PowerPoint: Teacher to Adopt or
Adapt?
10. Zaid Ali, Death by PowerPoint
11. Garr Reynolds, The Naked Presenter
12. Garr Reynolds, Presentation Zen