The good, the bad and the rather unpleasant

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The good, the bad and the rather unpleasant

• Allan Sutherland
• TechDis

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Teaching Strategies

• Face the class when speaking
• Repeat questions from students
• Give both oral written instructions
• Vary presentation teaching approaches
• Prepare materials early - to allow time for
  adaptations
• Provide technical terms, abbreviations acronyms

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Teaching Strategies

• Make assignments reading lists available in
  electronic format
• Dont walk around or pace back forth
• Provide written summary of videos or arrange
  subtitles
• Follow OHP etiquette

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Learning Materials

• Offer lecture outlines in advance
• Provide information in alternative formats, such
  as Braille or on disc etc.
• Reasons
• students with visual impairments
• students with dyslexia
• students who are deaf or hearing impaired

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OHPs

• Concision is a virtue
• Font size of at least 30 pt
• Sans serif (Arial) easier to read than serif
  (Times)
• DONT USE BLOCKS OF UPPER CASE
• Use bold to highlight rather than italics or
  underline
• Use bullets - 6 max per slide

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T shirt

• Never put
• more on an
• OHP
• than you would put
• on a T shirt

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PowerPoint

• Be aware of background/foreground combinations
• Dont use colour to convey meaning
• Use a consistent layout
• Dark background and light text best for dark
  rooms
• Light background and dark text best for light
  rooms

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PowerPoint

• Avoid patterned backgrounds (eg)
• Use phrases not sentences
• Only use one or two colour combinations
• No more than two font styles
• Minimise use of animation transition effects
• Avoid the use of sound effects

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Things to avoid

• Too much text is unnecessary and can be
  overwhelming and difficult to absorb especially
  if its in a tiny font!
• Patterned backgrounds
• Animations
• Transition effects
• Sound effects
• Some examples...

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PowerPoint from Hell

• Audience confusion
• Horrible backgrounds and nasty noises

Terrible text
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Learning in small groups

• Seating arrangements
• Only allow one person to speak at a time
• Repeat or rephrase what student has said
• Put main ideas on board or chart
• Have breaks
• Provide discussion papers before tutorial

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The Learning Environment

• Real
• Choose an appropriate lecture theatre or room
• Loop system?
• Wheelchair access?
• Guide dog?
• Power points for laptops or tape recorders?
• Overcrowded? Noisy?

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The Learning Environment

• Virtual
• TechDis report
• Uploading accessible content
• See www.techdis.ac.uk/seven

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Links references

• www.techdis.ac.uk/seven
• www.cowork.ac.uk/development/materials/video/video
  .htm
• www.rnib.org.uk/seeitright
• http//www.webaim.org/howto/powerpoint
• www.useit.com
• http//www.w3.org/WAI/References/QuickTips/
• www.microsoft.com/enable