FSI 2009 Presentations
I’m leading the following hands-on workshops at the 2009 Faculty Summer Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Follow @fsi and #fsi09 on Twitter.
Rhode, J. F. (2009, May 19). Getting started creating web pages with Google Sites. Presented at Faculty Summer Institute on Teaching Technologies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. | handout | links |
Rhode, J. F. (2009, May 19). Quick and simple creation of educational tutorials. Presented at Faculty Summer Institute on Teaching Technologies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. | handout | links |
Rhode, J. F. (2009, May 20). Mastering micro-blogging. Presented at Faculty Summer Institute on Teaching Technologies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. | handout | links |
Rhode, J. F. (2009, May 20). Web 2.0 gizmos and gadgets. Presented at Faculty Summer Institute on Teaching Technologies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. | handout | links |
Educational Tutorials Using Prezi
Several weeks back I came across Prezi beta that claims to allow,
…anyone who can sketch an idea on a napkin to create and perform stunning non-linear presentations with relations, zooming into details, and adjusting to the time left without the need to skip slides.
I was skeptical at first, but after seeing several sample presentations and receiving my beta invite, I had a chance to put together my first presentation using Prezi in about 30 minutes. I must admit that I am very impressed with this radically different approach to presentations. Prezi lives up to its claims and provides a simple and yet elegant workspace for creating as well as delivering presentations in real-time or sharing online for on-demand viewing.
I’d encourage anyone who gives presentations regularly to sign-up for a beta invite to Prezi and once you receive your invite, give Prezi a try.
While waiting for your beta invite, check-out the intro training video clips.
Mark my words…Prezi will completely transform the way presentations are given in the future. Prezi is that revolutionary!
Pecha Kucha
Have you ever been in a presentation that dragged on and on? Or perhaps are you looking for an alternative approach to presenting information in a concise and memorable way? Then you need to give Pecha Kucha a try!
As Liz Scott points out, Pecha Kucha is a presentation format (usually creative) in which information can be easily and informally shown. This presentation style started back in 2003 in Tokyo, Japan, by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham. Originally, this presentation form was created for young designers to meet, network, and show off their work.
The idea behind Pecha Kucha is to present information in a concise way. Each presenter is allowed to show 20 images, with 20 seconds per slide. The goal of the presentation is to keep interest high and information flowing. Pecha Kucha has sprung interest all around the world and currently occurs in over 157 cities.
Since there are no restrictions to the type of information presented in a Pecha Kucha style presentation this formula can be used in all types of learning formats. As several of my students have pointed out, there are numerous applications for how this type of abbreviated, engaging presentation format in any number of contexts.
Here’s a sample pecha kucha presentation to get a taste of what the impact is like…death to bullet points!
How might you use this presentation technique?
Using Educational Social Software to Foster Socially Constructed Self-Paced Learning
Educational Social Software (ESS) is a relatively new subset of communication tools that have been recognized as offering aspects to the communication landscape that up until recently have not been available. This presentation that I delivered at the 2008 AECT Convention shares the experiences of one institutions that has leveraged the open source educational social software Elgg to extend social networking capabililities beyond the limitations of its existing learning management system.
In addition to the session slides, the audio recording is available as either .mp3 or .m4a as well as from my podcast. The enhanced version is available in iTunes.
Cite this session as follows:
Rhode, J. F. (2008, November 7). Using educational social software to foster socially constructed self-paced learning. Presented at the 2008 AECT Convention.
Conducting Online Office Hours Using Wimba Classroom
I used the following slides as part of the online presentation I gave yesterday concerning using Wimba Classroom to conduct online office hours.
The archive of the session is available here. For more information about participating in upcoming online faculty development sessions offered by the NIU Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center, visit http://www.facdev.niu.edu/facdev/programs/online