Creating and Integrating Effective Online Narrated Presentations

1. Creating and Integrating Effective Online Narrated Presentations Dr. Roger Von HolzenMs. Darla Runyon Northwest Missouri State University

2. Rehashed Techniques • Too often online courses are simply a rehash of traditional classroom lecture techniques • Faculty frequently feel that instruction must follow delivery techniques used on campus • Not necessarily true • Often difficult to get faculty to change*

3. Rehashed Techniques • Example: the use of PowerPoint presentations to deliver content • Very useful in face-to-face settings • For online students they are often ineffective learning tools • The presentations contain insufficient information • Have been poorly designed • Often difficult to access using a 28.8 modem*

4. The Learning Strategy • In the development of an online course • Critical course content should be reflected within learning outcomes and assessment techniques • Used as the basis for the construction of a course learning strategy*

5. The Learning Strategy • Helps guide the instructional design of an online course • The learning strategy should include the presentation of the critical content through multiple methods of delivery*

6. Design and Development • Basic assumption at the design and development stage: • Expect students to read the textbook • Good textbook should cover 80-90% of course content • Design and development are crucial to the successful delivery of the content*

7. Design and Development • Critical content • Needs to be enhanced for online delivery • Should incorporate an assortment of delivery methods • One of these methods is a narrated presentation • Meets the needs of multiple learning modalities • Read/write • Visual • Aural • Kinesthetic*

8. Design and Development • Main purpose of the online narrated presentation: • Provides supplemental information that the textbook or reading materials and resources may not furnish • Should aid the student in understanding the critical content*

9. Design and Development • Select suitable format for content • Outline • Bulleted lists • Short concise statements • Graphics, diagrams, tables, or charts • Sounds*

10. Design and Development • Good organization makes information appear to be easier to understand • Presentation should be punctuated with graphics and pictures • Can play an important role in instruction • Assists a learner in visualizing the content*

11. Visual Presentation - Graphics • Before you use a graphic, understand why you are using the graphic • Pictures - best for teaching about concrete ideas • Diagrams, tables, charts and graphs - best for teaching abstract concepts and relationships*

12. Visual Presentation - Color • Use limited color schemes • Maintain high contrast between text and background • Work with bright and/or dark colors*

13. Visual Presentation - Text • No more than two fonts on a slide • Select a font that is easy to read • Use uppercase letters, italics, underlining, different fonts only for emphasis • Use a larger type size for slide headings*

14. Creating the Template • PowerPoint provides wide variety of color templates • Slide background should relate to topic • Should not distract from the text • Should not interfere with reading the text*

15. Transitions and Builds • Do not use transitions and builds in PowerPoint presentations that are to be streamed*

16. Designing the Layout of the Specific Slides • Slide headings should convey topic • Major and minor points presented below heading • Short phrases not statements • Keep “white space” to the right and bottom sections of a slide*

17. Real Networks’ RealPresenter • A powerful tool to assist in the creation of effective PowerPoint presentations • Allows an instructor to enhance presentations by adding voice-over narrations • File format compressed for online delivery • Requires streaming server*

18. Audio Slideshows • Audio lectures should highlight important points tied to the course units/modules • The PowerPoint slides should provide a visual complement to the audio • The slides should combine visuals with text • The presentation should last no longer than 10 to 15 minutes*

19. Pace of Presentation • When creating an audio lecture, you should speak faster than you typically do in a normal conversation • Slow enough for viewer to attend and comprehend • Rapid enough so the viewer does not lose interest • 15 to 30 seconds per slide is a good pace with a 5 second pause between slides to allow for buffering time • Bring in personality of the instructor*

20. Presentation Techniques • Three to five different lecture techniques should be employed in a typical audio lecture • Stories • Anecdotes • Music • Examples • Various voice levels • Audio skits • Guest expert quotes*

21. Presentation Integration • Narrated presentations can be integrated into the course site in a variety of ways • Courseware management systems provide several instructional technology tools for integration of content: • discussion boards • journals • chats • short surveys or assessments*

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25. Tegrity • Allows the instructor to post a PowerPoint presentation to the Web while simultaneously incorporating interactive concepts and activities within the presentation of the content • Provides: • a streaming display of a PowerPoint presentation • whiteboard annotations • document camera images • audio and video of a presentation*

26. Tegrity • The system has screen recording capabilities for software tutorials and web site tours • Easy to narrate and record cursor movements, clicks, highlights, and underlines on any application running on the Web Learner Studio • Interactive hot spots can be embedded to provide instant feedback to the students*

27. Tegrity • External links can be listed with the presentation • Templates for questions and assignment information may be incorporated • Recorded presentations can be incorporated into the online course site • www.Tegrity.com*

28. Dr. Roger Von Holzen, Director rvh@mail.nwmissouri.edu Ms. Darla Runyon Assistant Director/Curriculum Design Specialist drunyon@mail.nwmissouri.edu Center for Information Technology in EducationNorthwest Missouri State University www.nwmissouri.edu www.nwmissouri.edu/~cite http://cite.nwmissouri.edu:2000/cite/presentations/