Nursing informatics
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Chapter 6:
Authoring Scholarly Slide Presentations
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Electronic Slideshows
- Principles: The presentation
- Stated purpose
- Additional details
- Summary
- Information sources
- Citations and references
- Chunk information in 5- to 10-minute segments
- Intersperse critical thinking questions for discussion
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Electronic Slideshows (cont.)
- Principles:
- Visual literacy
- Ability of the individual to understand and use the presentation
- Cognitive load
- Learning theory
- Intrinsic
- Extraneous
- Germane
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Computer Slide Models
- Lecture supported
- Helps audience keep track of ideas
- Illustrates points
- Is NOT the entire presentation
- Lecture replacement
- Stands alone in place of lecture
- Provides a self-learning environment
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Presentation Styles
- Traditional
- Technology Entertainment Design (TED)
- Evidence Assertion Order
- PechaKucha
- Lessig Style
- Prezi
- Embedding Polling
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Presentation Software
- Commercial packages include features unavailable in free versions:
- Ability to narrate
- Galleries of graphic samples
- Ability to import and export presentations from other software programs
- Allow custom handouts
- Inclusion of interactive help files that include videos and tutorials
- Compatibility and collaborating software design
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Basics
- Views of slides
- Slideshow
- Normal
- Outline
- Slide sorter
- Notes view
- Speaker notes
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Basics (cont.)
- Layers
- Background layer.
- Layout layer builds on background layer and types of placeholders for different types of slides.
- Content layer.
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Creating the Presentation
- Storyboarding
- A visual plan
- Content
- Text (fonts)
- Images
- Photos, clip art, pictures, charts, and tables
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Creating the Presentation (cont.)
- Content (cont.)
- Special effects
- Color
- Sound
- Video
- Animations
- Transitions
- Speaker notes
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The Presentation
- Handouts
- Reflecting your notes
- Distributed after the presentation
- Transferring to the Web
- The oral presentation
- Provide sufficient time
- Icebreaker
- “Butterflies”
- Pausing for questions
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Learning New Skills
- Training Courses for PowerPoint 2013 (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/training-courses-for-powerpoint-2013-HA104015465.aspx)
- Use Docs, Sheets, and Slides (https://support.google.com/drive/topic/2811739?hl=en&ref_topic=2799627)
- Mac Apps Support (http://www.apple.com/support/mac-apps/keynote/)
- Microsoft Office (http://www.gcflearnfree.org/office)
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Question
- Is the following statement true or false?
- The normal mode is the mode used to present the slide show.
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Answer
- False
- Rationale: The normal mode is the default mode used to create slides. The slide show view is used for the presentation.
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Question
- Is the following statement true or false?
- Progressive disclosure involves displaying one item at a time until all items are displayed.
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Answer
- True
- Rationale: Progressive disclosure is animation in which one item at a time is revealed until all items are displayed.
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Question
- Which of the following would be most important for a good presentation?
A. Colorful, highly detailed graphics
B. Font size of 18 points
C. Addition of sound effects
D. Visual reinforcement of presentation
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Answer
- D. Visual reinforcement of presentation
- Rationale: Graphics and sound can add to a presentation. However, to achieve a good presentation, the visuals and presentation must reinforce one another. A font size of 18 points would be difficult to read.