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The Impact of the Delivery of Prepared Power Point Presentations on the Learning Process
The Impact of the Delivery of Prepared Power Point Presentations on the Learning Process

Author(s): Auksė Marmienė
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Keywords: prepared presentation; careful and thorough preparation; search the web; communicative skills; self- and peer-evaluation; autonomous learning.

Summary/Abstract: This article describes the process of the preparation and delivery of Power Point presentations and how it can be used by teachers as a resource for classroom teaching. The advantages of this classroom activity covering some of the problems and providing a few suggestions for dealing with those difficulties are also outlined. The major objective of the present paper is to investigate the students ability to choose the material and the content of Power Point presentations on professional topics via the Internet as well as the ability to prepare and deliver the presentation in front of the audience. The factors which determine the choice of the presentation subject are also analysed in this paper. After the delivery students were requested to self- and peer-assess the difficulties they faced in preparation and performance of the presentations by writing the reports. Learners’ attitudes to the choice of the topic of Power Point presentations were surveyed by administering a self-assessment questionnaire.

  • Issue Year: 14/2006
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 106-109
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: English