Clive on Learning

MARCH 28, 2018

You’re quite pleased with the neat way you laid out your slides, using a contemporary PowerPoint theme. But on reflection you think every slide looked very much the same – just lots of bullet points. If you do use slides, then remember that text does not constitute a visual aid.

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Clive on Learning

MAY 11, 2007

May's Big Question in the Learning Curcuits Blog is PowerPoint: what is appropriate, when and why? Voice + slides that are genuine visual aids = the right sensory balance (compatible use of both auditory and visual channels) but still some risk that the message won't stick (you need to work with the ideas to make them your own).

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2005

I was interested to read in Donald Clark's review of Learning 2005 that Elliott had decreed that there should be no PowerPoint at the show. I can certainly sympathise with Elliott's intentions here - after all, we have all had to sit through far too many mind-numbing slides full of endless bullet points.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 15, 2011

That means knowing your subject, being familiar with the running order and testing your slides and any equipment you will be using in advance. We’re not recommending that you fill your slides with bullets that serve as your script, just that you use whatever visual aids you may have as a memory jogger. Handouts 35.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 28, 2018

You’re quite pleased with the neat way you laid out your slides, using a contemporary PowerPoint theme. But on reflection you think every slide looked very much the same – just lots of bullet points. If you do use slides, then remember that text does not constitute a visual aid.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 22, 2009

Nancy is well qualified to show us how PowerPoint and similar packages can be used to greatest effect, as Duarte Design was the firm that created Al Gore’s Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth. Slides are thus stranded in a no man’s land where the general population doesn’t know how to effectively produce or deliver them.

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Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

The one I particularly noted was SlideShare, a site that allows you to upload and share PowerPoint and Keynote presentations. But when I thought about it I realised that my slides would make absolutely no sense on their own - they're mainly pictures. Your slides are not your presentation, they are only one component.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 26, 2007

With the debate about the vices and virtues of PowerPoint continuing to rage without any sign of a conclusion, I was pleased to be alerted to a new book by Stephen Kosslyn, Chair of the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. He also recommends using the text on your slides as a prompt to remind you what to say next.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 23, 2008

Now I wasn't able to get to the event, but I did submit some slides describing my ideas for a game that would "reveal the 'ethical truth' of a person" You can see my slides on SlideShare here. For those that contributed slides, Mark provides links and synopses here. They should be self-explanatory.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

This is no more than a natural evolution from their traditional responsibility for the production of PowerPoint slides and handouts which support most classroom events. What this is not saying is that l&d professionals need to be able to create interactive self-study courses which completely replace their face-to-face predecessors.

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 13, 2012

That does not mean ignoring technology completely, because there are many good ways of using computers in the classroom that don't involve endless PowerPoint bullet point slides, and virtual classrooms will allow you to extend your reach significantly. But even so the job stays very similar in nature.

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Clive on Learning

MAY 8, 2007

In the first two parts of this posting I reflected first on the importance of visualisation to memory and then on the effect on both me as presenter and on my audience of the absence of any PowerPoint slides at a networking dinner I spoke at. This time it was a 'conversation with' session with a group of instructional design students.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Back in 2003, I devoted a great deal of energy to the design of a new CD-ROM course entitled Ten Ways to Avoid Death by PowerPoint. In case you’re interested, here is the story that accompanied the Ten Ways to Avoid Death by PowerPoint course: The Emperor’s New Slide Show.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Back in 2003, I devoted a great deal of energy to the design of a new CD-ROM course entitled Ten Ways to Avoid Death by PowerPoint. In case you’re interested, here is the story that accompanied the Ten Ways to Avoid Death by PowerPoint course: The Emperor’s New Slide Show.'

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Clive on Learning

MAY 4, 2007

A few years back I co-authored an e-book/CD-ROM called Ten Ways to Avoid Death by PowerPoint. Other than speeches at weddings and funerals, I haven't had the opportunity to try speaking without any visual aids at all, i.e. absolutely no PowerPoint. They gave me the option of slides or no slides and I went for the latter.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 6, 2009

Prezi is a Flash-based tool that does away with the traditional slide show metaphor. Tags: reviews PowerPoint. Prezi is the most exciting new presentation aid I've seen in ages and today sees its formal launch. The Pro option lands you the offline editor and 1GB of storage. I'm certainly going to be entering.

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 14, 2009

Kineo and learndirect business have got together to produce the Learning Technologies Green Room , where you will find all sorts of e-learning people involved with this year's Learning Technology conference busy finishing their PowerPoint slides and generally fretting about what they can say that's different to last year.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 25, 2008

I also followed up on a suggestion by Tom Kuhlmann and used the facility in PowerPoint to create links from slide to slide to create a workable solution that I was able to export into Articulate. Perhaps the next generation of Articulate QuizMaker will make all this extra work redundant?

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Clive on Learning

MAY 12, 2007

The vehicle looks like the right one too - a built-in, live, virtual classroom with all the facilities you're likely to need (whiteboard, PowerPoint slides, PDFs, audio, video). This looks like a promising idea - a site that puts learners who want private tuition in touch with teachers who want to make some money providing it.

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Clive on Learning

MAY 23, 2007

Now not only is this a really great talk on a really interesting subject (see Donald Clark's posting on the book - his recommendation is READ this NOW), but it's also a near perfect example of how to use PowerPoint. The speaker clearly spent a long time bringing all these visuals together, but the effort was definitely worth it.

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Clive on Learning

AUGUST 10, 2015

Here are two of my own examples: The Emperor's New Slide Show : which demonstrates how dangerous Powerpoint can be in the wrong hands. I honestly believe that any subject can be made more interesting through storytelling. In fact I'd go further: any subject can be taught using storytelling. Good teachers tell lots of stories.

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Clive on Learning

AUGUST 10, 2015

Here are two of my own examples: The Emperor's New Slide Show : which demonstrates how dangerous Powerpoint can be in the wrong hands. I honestly believe that any subject can be made more interesting through storytelling. In fact I'd go further: any subject can be taught using storytelling. Good teachers tell lots of stories.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 25, 2009

On top of this, so much classroom training is poorly delivered, comprising little more than a technical presentation / knowledge dump, supported by tedious PowerPoint bullet-point slides.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2008

The ingredients of Articulate Studio (Presenter for PowerPoint conversions, QuizMaker for assessments, Engage for innovative interactions) are well-established and deliver good functionality. What I haven't been too impressed with in the past is the way they integrate - they didn't look like they belonged together.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 17, 2008

Each speaker has 20 slides, each of which must be shown for 20 seconds, with which to tell their story or make their point. The slides advance automatically and so after 6 minutes and 40 seconds you're done. According to Reynolds, Pecha-kucha nights are now being held in over 80 cities around the world.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 19, 2008

I'm interested in this sort of PowerPoint-based tool both for myself, because I like to package up my presentations with audio for web delivery, but also because I meet so many trainers who want to produce some simple e-content for themselves and want the process to be as simple as possible.

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