Maximize Learning From Your Narrated Presentations © 2015 Tracy Thompson, Laurie Lyons

Maximize Learning From Your Narrated Presentations

© 2015 Tracy Thompson, Laurie Lyons

Overview• Design Principles• Use of visuals• Visualizing content• Presentation recording tools• Sources

Based on Research.

Clarify your instructional goals.

Prepare

Consider your students

Provide a structure

Concept Map Matrix Outline

Use bite-sized chunks.

• Blackboard Tools (22:00)

• Choosing a tool (6:00)• Blogs (5:00)• Journals (2:00)• Wikis (5:00)• Surveys (4:00)

or

Use a conversational style.

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students

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your faculty

Tell stories.

Insurance procedures orJim, a teen injured in a car accident and his family dealing with the aftermath.

The steps to query a database or

Carla, the new employee who is the only one left in the office when the vice president calls with an emergency request for updated reports.

Human resources hiring best practices or

Marco, the replacement hiring manager in a company being sued for discriminatory hiring practices.

Recap/Self-Assess

Keep text clear, concise, and focused

Use graphics.

But not for decoration.

Remove extraneous material.

Interesting material can hurt learning.

Image: Lauren Manning

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