PowerPoint as a Design Tool for Learning

This session will provide practical tips for using PowerPoint to create more impactful information design.

This session will provide practical tips for using PowerPoint to create more impactful information design. Whether you use PowerPoint to deliver presentations or as a basis for creating digital learning content for your courses, this session will share visual layout techniques for optimizing learning.

1) Briefly review of cognitive load and its relation to how people absorb information.

2) Explore information hierarchy and its role in conveying meaning

3) Discuss key principles and elements of design

4) Discuss effective ways to use text, images, and audio

5) Consider best export formats to support specific teaching/learning purposes

Facilitated by: Louisa Lambregts from Algonquin College