Presentation about some of the things to consider when setting up slides for presentations using videoconferencing

1. Teaching with
Videoconferencing
Deirdre Bonnycastle
Clinical Teaching
Development
Coordinator

2. Backgrounds on these slides have been
arranged to illustrate how colours and
textures enhance or detract from
presentations through videoconferencing.

3. Two Questions
1. What do you hate about
videoconferencing?
2. What do you like about
videoconferencing?

4. Objectives
Describe how you
can improve
attention and
retention when
videoconferencing.

5. A) Attention
1. Senses
2. Readability
3. 15 Minute Rule
What is wrong with this slide?
Write down your answer pass it
to person on right.

6. Attention-Senses
Colours

7. Attention - Senses
Colours on Slides
–Dark Background, Light Font
–High Contrast
–No Gradient, No Pattern
Colours in Clothing
–Pastels and dark solids
–Avoid reds, whites, intense patterns

8. Attention Senses
Sound
– Jewelry, Papers, Movement,
Classroom Noise
Sight
– Stance
– Movement
– Props

9. Attention - Senses
Images
• Placement
–Left critical
–Right
decorative
• Colours
• Clutter vs. Size
• Pixilation

10. Attention – Competing Senses
Learn to Animate your slides!
Never Read your slides!

11. Attention - Readability
Font Size
–Heading 44 - 54
–Body 36-40
Font Type
–Arial, Arial
Bold, Verdana, Calibri

12. Attention - Readability
Margins
–1 inch
Placement
–White Space
–Clutter 6X6

13. Attention
1. Senses
2. Readability
3. 15 Minute Rule
What is wrong with this slide?

14. Attention-15 minute rule
Physical Engagement
–Write, Pair, Share
–Clickers
–Team Task

15. Attention-15 minute rule
Intellectual Engagement
–Quizzes
•Clickers
•Team Clickers
–Questions
–Cases

16. Questions/Ideas

17. B) Retention
1. Short Term
2. Long Term
3. Emotional

18. Retention – Short Term
Key Points
–Max. six items/slide
Teach Patterns
–Mind mapping, illness scripts
–Demonstrate your thinking
Relevance

19. Retention – Short Term
Key Points
–Max. six items/slide
Teach Patterns
–Mind mapping, illness scripts
–Demonstrate your thinking
Relevance

20. Retention – Long Term
Repetition, Repetition
–Quizzes, flashcards, questions
–Cases

21. Retention – Long Term
Patterns
–Built A onto B

22. Retention - Emotional
Emotional Memory
–Images

23. Retention - Emotional
Emotional Memory
–Images
–Cartoons
–Cases
© Regina Holliday

24. Take this further
http://medicaleducation.wetpaint.
com/page/Videoconferencing+as+
a+Teaching+Tool
Thank You