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1 SLIDE SHOW IN LEARNING PROCESS Inese Bula University of Latvia Rga, 10-11 May, 2007 Slide 2 2 What is it? Microsoft PowerPoint presentations Microsoft Word presentations another Microsoft presentations (Exel) PDF or PS file presentations another presentations with computer transparencies movie Slide 3 3 Questionnaire about the usage of slides In Department of Mathematics 16 respondents (lecturers) Do you use slides during the lectures? Do you use slides during the lectures? Yes 5 No 11 Yes 5 No 11 Is the usage of slides helpful presenting the lecture? Yes Is the usage of slides helpful presenting the lecture? Yes Is the usage of slides helpful for students to understand the lecture? Yes Is the usage of slides helpful for students to understand the lecture? Yes Slide 4 4 In Department of Computer Science 14 respondents (lecturers) Do you use slides during the lectures? Do you use slides during the lectures? Yes 11 No 3 Yes 11 No 3 Is the usage of slides helpful presenting the lecture? Yes 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 Is the usage of slides helpful for students to understand the lecture? Yes 12 No 2 Slide 5 5 Goodness of use It is possible to more tell It is possible to more tell It is possible to clearer tell (visualizations, diagrams, graphs, chart, block schemes) It is possible to clearer tell (visualizations, diagrams, graphs, chart, block schemes) Structural peculiarities Structural peculiarities It is available printout It is available printout Slide 6 6 Badness of use It is cinema! It is cinema! Students can not write down Students can not write down Students can not coming to lectures Students can not coming to lectures Prof. J.Borzovs: cilvkiem rokas kustbas ir ciei saisttas ar domanu. Prof. J.Borzovs: cilvkiem rokas kustbas ir ciei saisttas ar domanu.Necessary Home works and exercises Home works and exercises Slide 7 7 Questionnaire about the lectures of Mathematical analysis I 85 respondents (1-st course students of computer science) Which lectures do you like best? Which lectures do you like best? a) with slides; b) without slides. a) with slides; b) without slides. 48 37 48 37 37 44% 48 56% Slide 8 8 In which case do you understand better the new topic of the lecture? the new topic of the lecture? a) with slides; b) without slides. a) with slides; b) without slides. 52 31 2 50%:50% 52 31 2 50%:50% 31 36% 52 62% 2 2% Slide 9 9 Which is the more efficient way how to use slides? a) slides should be handed in before the lecture; 54 b) slides should be handed in after the lecture; 6 c) slides should be available in general; 30 d) slides should not be available for students. 0 Slide 10 10 Is there a need for exercises done by hand during the lectures with slides a) exercises are necessary; 84 84 b) exercises are not necessary 1 Slide 11 11 Should the whole lecture material be presented with slides? a) yes; 24 b) no, only definitions and theorems should be on slides; 30 c) no, only illustrative material should be on slides; 23 Slide 12 12 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 Slide 13 13 Mathematical analysis is not the subject you can learn from slides Mathematical analysis is not the subject you can learn from slides /Analze nav priekmets, kuru var mcties no slaidiem/ /Analze nav priekmets, kuru var mcties no slaidiem/ Better design is needed for slides Better design is needed for slides Without slides I do not have a feeling of safety and self-confidence Without slides I do not have a feeling of safety and self-confidence /Bez slaidiem man nav drobas un miera sajtas/ /Bez slaidiem man nav drobas un miera sajtas/ Slide 14 14