DIGITAL PRESENTATIONS FOR TEACHING & TRAINING
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course seeks to examine two questions: “What constitutes contemporary presentations? And, why is digital literacy becoming an inherent piece in the design and development of effective learning and training experiences?”
Digital Presentations for Teaching and Training is a foundational fully online course directed toward students pursuing a wide range of academic subjects who expect to deliver a digital presentation at some point in their careers. Students will learn methods of writing and designing for effective, informative, and engaging online lectures, workshops, and training for a broad range of educational and industry applications.
We will discuss the merits of engaging learners through storytelling and the significance of weaving threads of human experiences throughout the presentation of new ideas and information. Through articles, case studies, and assigned texts we will examine and debate the pros and cons of digital vs. face-to-face venues and methods for balancing both.
We will review and experiment with a wide range of online digital tools with varying degrees of learning density – some open source and some third party – to provide a ‘digital toolbox’ for students to draw from during, and for some time after, the course.
COURSE OBJECTIVE
Students will be asked to read and research case studies, to assess industry-specific lecture or training needs, and to complete an audience analysis for their individual disciplines. They will write a narrative that defines a need for professional development, educational or informational seminars, or corporate/organizational procedural directives, and to develop a project summary around that narrative that outlines a solution. They will then develop and deliver online presentations via their choice of presentation software.
The course structure includes weekly written and video lectures, scheduled remote live meetings and Q&A’s, assigned readings and media/software reviews, and assignments such as industry research, project planning, group participation/collaboration in writing, development, and delivery, and self and peer assessments.