SLIDE SHOW IN
LEARNING
PROCESS
Inese Bula
University of Latvia
Rīga, 10-11 May, 2007
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What is it?
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Microsoft PowerPoint presentations
Microsoft Word presentations
another Microsoft presentations
(Exel)
PDF or PS file presentations
another presentations with computer
transparencies
movie
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Questionnaire about the usage of
slides
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In Department of Mathematics
16 respondents (lecturers)
Do you use slides during the lectures?
Yes 5
No
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Is the usage of slides helpful presenting
the lecture? Yes
Is the usage of slides helpful for students
to understand the lecture? Yes
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In Department of Computer Science
14 respondents (lecturers)
Do you use slides during the lectures?
Yes 11
No
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Is the usage of slides helpful presenting the
lecture? Yes
Is the usage of slides helpful for students to
understand the lecture? Yes 12 No 2
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Goodness of use
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It is possible to more tell
It is possible to clearer tell (visualizations,
diagrams, graphs, chart, block schemes)
Structural peculiarities
It is available printout
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Badness of use
It is cinema!
 Students can not write down
 Students can not coming to lectures
 Prof. J.Borzovs:”… cilvēkiem rokas kustības
ir cieši saistītas ar domāšanu.”
Necessary
 Home works and exercises
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Questionnaire about the lectures of
Mathematical analysis I
85 respondents
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(1-st course students of computer
science)
Which lectures do you like best?
a) with slides;
b) without slides.
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44%
56%
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 In which case do you understand better
the new topic of the lecture?
a) with slides; b) without slides.
52
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2%
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36%
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2 50%:50%
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62%
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 Which is the more efficient way
how to use slides?
a) slides should be handed in before the lecture;
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b) slides should be handed in after the lecture;
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c) slides should be available in general;
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d) slides should not be available for students.
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 Is there a need for exercises done „by
hand” during the lectures with slides
a) exercises are necessary;
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b) exercises are not necessary
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 Should the whole lecture material be
presented with slides?
a) yes;
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b) no, only definitions and theorems
should be on slides;
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c) no, only illustrative material should be
on slides;
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Suggestions:
 The whole lecture material should be on
webCT
 More exercises needed
 Without slides it is much easier to follow
lectures on the blackboard
 More practical works needed
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Mathematical analysis is not the subject
you can learn from slides
/Analīze nav priekšmets, kuru var mācīties no slaidiem/
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Better design is needed for slides
Without slides I do not have a feeling of
safety and self-confidence
/Bez slaidiem man nav drošības un miera sajūtas/
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