Presented at the 20th AFFACT Conference, January 7, 2010.

2. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." HamletAct I Scene V

4. We face many challenges in helping students master course material

5. PowerPoint overload occurs in many presentations

6. One assumes that you only have to show it, and they will “get it”

7. PowerPoint overload adversely affects student learning

8. Research can offer a solution

9. John Wilson Everything we know is wrong

10. The wrong question: How do we use multimedia to help students learn?

11. The right question:

12. How do students learn?

15. People can pay attention to only a few bits of information at a time.

17. 3 types of memory sensory long-term working

21. 100 50 0 There is no research basis for the way we use PowerPoint today

22. THE CAMBRIDGE HANDBOOK OF 100 Multimedia Learning 50 EDITED BY Richard E. Mayer 0

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27. 5 points to reduce PowerPoint overload

29. 2. Break your story into digestible bites in the slide sorter view

30. 3. Reduce visual load by moving text off- screen

31. 4. Use visuals with your words,instead of words alone

32. 5. Remove every element that does not support the main idea

34. You can hide duplicate values by setting the Hide Duplicates property to Yes

35. How you use PowerPoint will affect learning in your classroom.

36. Use these 5 steps to enhance learning in your classroom

38. Multimedia Learning Richard E. Mayer

39. Effect of Multimedia Components on Learning

41. And the research says?

42. Show me!

43. http://www.sociablemedia.com/

44. http://www.beyondbulletpoints.com/