1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University, Pillaiyarkuppam, Puducherry, India
2Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University, Pillaiyarkuppam, Puducherry, India
*Corresponding author email id: doc.richa83@gmail.com
Online published on 24 November, 2017.
PowerPoint®, a strong tool for presentation, has been very commonly criticised for its shortcomings. Sentences like ‘death by PowerPoint®’ almost always do the rounds whenever PowerPoint® is discussed as a teaching tool. Nonetheless, PowerPoint® continues to be used as a major teaching tool in lecture classes. This paper aims to address and thus abolish majority of shortcomings in 10 tips grounded in learning theories. The paper attempts to revive the art and importance of creating line diagrams and simplifying graphs, which we have conveniently shoved away with coming of PowerPoint®. It also highlights well known but under or misutilised features of bulleted text and grids and their importance in higher order learning. However, reader should keep in mind, like any teaching tool to be effectively utilised, substantial effort, at least initially, is required on teachers’ part to implement the tips.
Multimedia, Computer-assisted instruction, Educational technology, Programmed instruction, Probability learning, Presentation, Modelling
