According to Dr. John Medina, author of Brain Rules, adding relevant pictures to your lecture increases retention 6.5 times versus just an oral presentation. This stunning increase in efficacy doesn't ...

Have you ever been so engaged in a student presentation that it feels like climbing up a steep slope through a cloud of ...

Uncertain Chad is, well, uncertain, about how best to deal with two competing ideals when using Powerpoint (or Keynote) for lecture classes. On the one hand, nobody likes a cluttered slide. In science ...

Andrew Smith’s article discrediting PowerPoint was surprising (Opinion, 24 September). It made no attempt to open up the possibilities afforded by the software, merely assuming that PowerPoint ...

Many instructors think that animated slides such as those used in Power Point presentations enhance student learning whereas the opposite may be true, according to new research. We've all sat through ...