Monica Bulger's thoughts about digital literacy » presentation literacy http://monicabulger.com The Search Myth: Quality Information is Not a Click Away Tue, 08 May 2012 08:01:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Human Element of Academic Presentations http://monicabulger.com/2011/07/the-human-element-of-presentations/ http://monicabulger.com/2011/07/the-human-element-of-presentations/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:39:20 +0000 Monica http://monicabulger.com/?p=988 How often have you walked out of a room and barely remembered anything from a lecture or presentation? It feels that often presentations focus on information transfer rather than connection. If much of what is communicated in academic presentations could easily be done asynchronously, academics are regularly missing an opportunity to connect with and engage their audience.

In this presentation to our Summer Doctoral Program, I use Mayer’s (2001) multimedia learning theory to promote more meaningful (and memorable) presentations. I encourage our visiting students to consider the human element of the presenter-audience relationship by thinking about audience need and how to best communicate their message.

Strategies for Effective Academic Presentations
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For more information, I recommend Nancy Duarte’s slide:ology and Garr Reynold’s Presentation Zen.


Creating & Delivering Compelling Academic Presentations

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