Nuggets: Beyond Bullet Points
I just participated in an online seminar: "Beyond BulletPoints." I am awed, almost teary. This is the "right" way to create PowerPoints.
I've known for a long time that the Power Points I produce are wrong. I personally use a very lean style when I present, a few words, a few bullet points, and I try to hold thoughts together with graphics. I know it could be better, but I'm not sure how.
"Beyond BulletPoints" is the culmination of what I've been trying to achieve. It lays out the step-by-step process for developing electric, compelling presentations. In fact, I see it as offering a quick and dirty way to design and develop instructional content - it effortlessly fulfills the ARCS model.
In many of the projects I've worked on, Power Points are on-screen student guides. We actually create the student guide by copying the Power Points into a Word document with room for notes. This never felt right: it wasn't presenting the information in the most learner-friendly format. It was very passive for the learner. "Beyond BulletPoints" provides a methodology to eliminate that horrible practice, but also reducing the time it takes to update or correct our presentations.
This is a must-read. This will be state-of-the-art in a very few years.
You can view the seminar here
I've known for a long time that the Power Points I produce are wrong. I personally use a very lean style when I present, a few words, a few bullet points, and I try to hold thoughts together with graphics. I know it could be better, but I'm not sure how.
"Beyond BulletPoints" is the culmination of what I've been trying to achieve. It lays out the step-by-step process for developing electric, compelling presentations. In fact, I see it as offering a quick and dirty way to design and develop instructional content - it effortlessly fulfills the ARCS model.
In many of the projects I've worked on, Power Points are on-screen student guides. We actually create the student guide by copying the Power Points into a Word document with room for notes. This never felt right: it wasn't presenting the information in the most learner-friendly format. It was very passive for the learner. "Beyond BulletPoints" provides a methodology to eliminate that horrible practice, but also reducing the time it takes to update or correct our presentations.
This is a must-read. This will be state-of-the-art in a very few years.
You can view the seminar here
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