Power Point In Higher Education

Slide presentations software such as PowerPoint have become an ingrained part of many instructional settings, particularly in large classes and in H.E courses more geared toward information exchange than skill development.It is probably the most popular presentation software and is regarded as the most useful way to present visual aids to an audience. It can be a highly effective tool to aid learning, but if not used carefully, may instead disengage students and actually hinder learning.There are many advantages to using Power Point such as ,engaging multiple learning styles,  providing annotations and highlights,  increasing visual impact, and enriching curriculum with interdisciplinarity. However the down side to the use of this tool is that it is teacher centred with little interaction from students, presentations can be long and boring with too much text and transitions should be used sparingly to avoid distractions that ultimately may result in student disengagement. 

Power Point is a presentation that I have used in the past and is in fact a mandatory aspect of the BA course in Sculpture in the form of a Petcha Kutcha presentation. It is therefore definitely something I would use in my teaching practice and encourage my students to become familiar with and use creatively. 


Here is a PowerPoint presentation I created a while ago.

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