PowerPoint+Overload

=PowerPoint Overload=

The information on this page is based on the article "Five Ways to Reduce PowerPoint Overload" by Cliff Atkinson and Richard Mayer (2004). You can access the article at http://www.sociablemedia.com/PDF/atkinson_mayer_powerpoint_4_23_04.pdf

=Multimedia Principle= The Multimedia principle suggests adding pictures and or other visuals to your presentation along with words. A few examples given are making charts or diagrams to demonstrate your information, or add pictures. By adding images you can eliminate the words in your presentation altogether as long as it gets your point across. Based on the research, it was found that "people learn better from words and pictures than from words alone (the Multimedia Principle)". (page 13)

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This slide show is a good example of the Multimedia Principle because all of the slides have at most 4 words. Some of the slides have a couple issues with alignment but they all have pictures incorporated with words. There is a headline on each slide and then only a few words that are about the subject. The pictures give visual that are easy to remember and helps students comprehend the words. Some of the slides show pictures of different programs that students may not have seen before. Anyone presenting this, could go along with each slide and just hit on the main points that go along with each picture.