Multimedia Presentation in the educational context

1. MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
IN THE EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT
Gerkushenko Georgiy
PhD, associate professor
Russian Federation, Volgograd State Technical University,
Department of "Computer-aided design and search engine design"
01.11.2011
China, Changchun, NENU

2. VISIBILITY
New
educational
opportunities
Purpose of
using
multimedia
increasing*
density of
the lesson
presentation
} Unique
educational
contents

3. * Structural elements of the
educational process, teaching
goals and objectives, pedagogical
concept.
Technical training equipment
based on information
technologies which are
available to the teacher.
*Subject. Topic of a
lesson.
*
Grade (pupils’ age).
Educational
opportunities.
How?
Why?
Whom?
Forms and methods of using multimedia presentation

4. * Three main objectives of a lesson
• Training aspect
• Example: making sense of connection and relationship between
objects in the study.
• Developmental aspect
• Example: development of cognitive interest, ability to compile,
analyze, compare, and to activate the creative activity of students.
• Educational (values) aspect
• Example: education of the scientific world-image, the ability to
clearly organize self-activity and group work, raising a sense of
mutual support.

5. * Forms of work during lesson
 Front work - the problematization and presenting
the required minimum of educational material;
 Work in permanent pairs - exercises, repetition,
reinforcement new information;
 Work in changing pairs - a profound exploration of
concrete moments of the information on the topic;
 Individual work - self-fulfillment of tasks on the
lesson.

6. The advantages of using a presentation in a
* series of natural science lessons
• Create a "visual abstraction" - the interpretation of the
properties not only of real objects, but also of scientific laws,
theories, concepts, and dynamics.
• Strengthening multichannel information perception:
hearing, vision, motor skills.
• Development of sensory and emotional side of human
cognition. Right-brain thinking.
• Demonstration and study of rare events, and unique
instruments, dangerous and non-reproducible experiments.
• Communication practice with theory, a clear
demonstration of real processes and phenomena, the work in
the classroom with real data.

7. Age-related psycho and physiological
* characteristics of pupils
“
1. Primary school ( 7 - 12 years old);
2. Secondary school (12 - 16 years old); If pedagogy wants to educate people in all
3. High school (16 - 18 years old). respects, it must first recognize it in all
respects
”
• Temperament
“Pedagogical anthropology“
• Intelligence Ushinskiy K.D.
• Memory 19.02.1824 — 22.12.1870
• Attention
• Perception
• Еspecially thinking
• Language development
• Fine motor skills
• Personality traits
• Sex differences

8. * PUPIL is NOT a small copy of an adult!
Example: in primary school (from 7 to 10 years old) the first
3-5 minutes of a lesson is for starting, then 10-15 minutes of
optimum performance, another 5-7 minutes, unstable
performance, and then fatigue.
Ossification of the phalanges of the hand finishes to 11.9 years, and the wrist - to
10-12 years. This explains why the younger student with great difficulty coping with
writing assignments. He quickly tires of the hand, he can not write very fast and
extremely durable.

9. Steps in developing a multimedia presentation
I. Defining the purpose and results of the lesson.
II. Determining the type of lesson and organizational forms of work in the
classroom.
III. Analysis of options and ways to use multimedia presentation on a
particular lesson.
IV. Determine whether to use a multimedia presentation in the
classroom. Alternative solutions.
V. Defining the organizational structure of the lesson.
VI. Defining the place of the presentation in the structure of the lesson.
VII. “Interaction" of presentation and education method.
VIII. Preparing the plan of lesson.
IX. Determining the structure of your presentation.
X. Search and selection and / or creation of contents of the
presentation.
XI. The technical realization of the presentation.

10. Organization of work with presentation
Do not create a complete presentation of the lesson, it is
better to do fragments - modules that can be included in the
lesson at some point.
Limit the time of the work with screen - no more than 25
minutes per lesson, with the obligatory alternation of activity.
Offer handouts at the end, but not in the start or middle of the
presentation.
A large number of information materials is not good. This will
distract students from the study material.

11. Presentation is an illustrative range for a lesson, not a textbook
or outline of a lesson. What we can say with the words in the
presentation will be unnecessary.
The presentation should not replace practical work of students.
It is better to remember what you do with your hands, and you
do not see on the screen.
Do not print out the correct answer to the questions and
problems. Presentations will relax the students in intellectual
activity in the classroom. Do not let one use the arguments of
others.
Single style of lessons. If you did not use a presentation during
the introducing the theme, do not use it, and on the synthesis
and the control of the knowledge.

12. Advice: Use pictograms!
Enter during the first
lesson, and is used
throughout the subject!
• avoid unnecessary
comments
• discipline of students
• promote the formation and
development of information
culture
• develop skills of
communication culture.

13. Do not be confused learning presentation with
business presentation (and other types). They have
different goals, different objectives, different
audience!
Most tips for business presentations are harmful
when creating educational presentations.

14. Software for preparing Multimedia Presentation
Main software
• Microsoft PowerPoint
Free software
• OpenOffice.org Impress
Professional software
• Adobe Captivate 5
• Create AICC- and SCORM-compliant content.
• Adobe eLearning Suite 2
On-line (SaaS)
• Google Presentations
• SlideRocket
• 280slides

15. TYPICAL MISTAKES IN
MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
1 Colors
2 Typography
3 Design and composition
4 Animation and sound
5 Selection and using information

16. Colors
When people talk about color harmony, they evaluate the impressions of the
interaction of two or more colors. Despite the apparent subjectivity of this
assessment, the harmony of colors has its own objective laws.
Harmony Harmony of
“Opposite" “Isosceles triangle"
Harmony Harmony of
“Similar" "Right triangle"

17. Useful Tools
http://kuler.adobe.com

19. Mistakes in typography
Typography (from the Greek words τύπος(typos) = form and γραφή(graphy) = writing)
is the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and
modifying type glyphs.
Type glyphs are created and modified using a variety of
illustration techniques. The arrangement of type involves the
selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading (line
spacing), adjusting the spaces between groups of letters
(tracking) and adjusting the space between pairs of letters
(kerning).

20. Restrict your presentation to a maximum of two
typefaces: one for headlines and subheads, another for text.
Use strong fonts with a high degree of onscreen readability.
Decorative and detailed fonts are harder to read onscreen and
therefore less effective.
maximum of two typefaces: one
for headlines and subheads, another for text. Use
strong fonts with a high degree of onscreen readability.
Decorative and detailed fonts are harder to read
onscreen and therefore less effective.

21. Keep text large: 20 to 24 point minimum.
Small text is hard to read on a screen,
especially from a distance.

22. Maximize contrast.
• When choosing color(s) for the background
and/or the text, make sure the text stands
out.
• Keep color scheme simple and consistent.

23. • Minimize clutter. Don't place type on top of busy
backgrounds or images.
• Restrict each slide to six lines of type or less.
Present the highlights of your talk, not the actual text.
More slides with less type are better than fewer, text-
heavy slides.
• Keep lines short. Edit your thoughts to the fewest
words possible; you can elaborate verbally.

24. On the slide, there should not be objects if they overlap text,
create a colorful background for text or pictures that interfere
with other objects on the slide.

25. Mistakes in design and composition
• Improper or careless layout of elements
• Different (motley) style.
• Décor distracts from the content
• Supporting information (links, buttons) take precedence
over the basic one (text, pictures)
• Graphical solution has not an appropriate function:
underline text, images in the form of buttons, etc.

29. The background should not strain the eyes and cause
problems with objects on the slide.

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31. Animation and sound
Extremely simple animation. Nothing more. Animation is for
learning tasks.
Advice. Use animation for
• displaying an information with a delay or in specific
sequence in accordance with the logic of supply of
educational material.
• Slide Changes.
• Simulating learning object on a slide
It is impermissible to use background sounds and sound
effects. Only for training missions.
Advice. Use sounds for:
• When you insert an audio file training
• Adding sound to a virtual experiment
• When organizing quizzes and contests

32. Animation and sound
Extremely simple animation. Nothing more. Animation
is for learning tasks.
Advice. Use animation for
 displaying an information with a delay or inspecific
sequence in accordance with the logic of supply of
educational material.
 Slide Changes.
 Simulating learning object on a slide
It is impermissible to use background sounds and
sound effects. Only for training missions.
Advice. Use sounds for:
 When you insert an audio file training
 Adding sound to a virtual experiment
 When organizing quizzes and contests

33. Selection and use of the information
Do not complicate the presentation. The
most spectacular PowerPoint
presentations are simple. Such
presentations include clear charts and
graphs, it emphasizes the speaker.
Keep the number of figures and statistics
to the minimum. One of the appealing
aspects of PowerPoint is the possibility of
presenting ideas and sayings in capsule
form. It is difficult to convey through the
clutter of numbers and statistics.

34. Illustrations should be in the same style,
same size and format.
It is better to use photos.
Do not use resize to small graphic files,
making them blurry or distorted
proportions, better look for other suitable
size.
Presentation is an illustration to the
lesson. Illustrations should be in
accordance with the principle of
scientific character and suitability.

35. Georgiy G. Gerkushenko
PhD, associate professor
Master of Business Administration: CIO
mail@gerkushenko.ru