ARLIS/NA 43rd Annual Conference

Speaker:

Focus on the Learner: Strategies for Improving PowerPoint Presentations — Lee A. Hilyer, Head of Access Services, M.D. Anderson Library, University of Houston

Slide presentations are common at meetings, conferences, and in the classroom. But are they effective at helping the audience understand the content, or do they merely serve as teleprompter for the speaker? Learning and instructional research indicates that the current way many people prepare and deliver slide presentations may actually hinder learning instead of supporting it. Lee Hilyer will present three simple, evidence-based rules you can use to create more effective, learner-focused presentations.