Powerpoint Still RULES Corporate Training!
Do you use Powerpoint? Of course you do!
Do you use Powerpoint as a tool for giving presentations? Yep.
Do you use Powerpoint for conducting an online virtual training session? Yep.
Do you use Powerpoint for designing eLearning? Yep.
Do you use Powerpoint to create videos? Yeeeea... welll... maybe... not so much. But you know that you could if you wanted to, right? Yep. Okay good enough.
This past week I've thinking a lot about Powerpoint in eLearning. The eLearning development community tends to either love it or hate it...depends on who you ask. Most are indifferent and just see it as a useful tool. That's the camp I find myself in. Despite having been in both the Loving and Hating camps through out my 20+ years in this industry.
For a couple months now I've been hosting L&D Talk using blab.im every morning 8am PT. It started out as an experiment with social streaming collaborative video, but quickly turned into a valuable exercise in reflection, and social learning with colleagues, and others outside our industry.
On Monday we discussed Powerpoint and it was a great conversation. You can watch the recorded portion of the blab session HERE. I also shared deeper thoughts in a blog post: Part 1, and Part 2.
If you work in Learning and Development clear 8am PT on your calendar and join me a bunch of my crazy colleagues talking shop. See you there!
Christian Coach
8 年There should be a health warning with PowerPoint: "Use only as a visual aid and sparingly".
Communication skills problem-solver and trainer, report writing guru and great networker, so I'm told
8 年As Krystyna Krystyna Gadd Founder How to Accelerate Learning says, no one every learned to walk or ride a bike by watching a Powerpoint presentation.
Ed Tech Consultant | Lecturer| Career Coach | Mentor | AI Awards Judge | Academic | Visual Artist |Suborg | Science| VR, AR, AI.
8 年Microsoft PowerPoint is a tremendously powerful teaching and learning tool, I use it as part of my teaching strategy across all subjects. By simply changing dimensions in the page setup, students can create rich infographics, poster displays and imaginative montage compositions. Indeed, Dublin Business School recently ran an art installation album cover project, using PowerPoint exclusively as the picture editing application Note: Office Mix is a free extension to Microsoft PowerPoint that turns your pptx's into interactive online lessons and publish as YouTube videos in 'public' or 'unlisted' mode.
Strategic Account Director at Red Hat (Retired) having led sales & service excellence driving business growth & throughout APAC.
8 年Amen to that Mike! Everybody forgets the old adage of "Less is More" when it comes to PowerPoint...Let them hear what you say, not read the 14 pt font you write!
Business and people-focused behaviour change specialist, focused on change and transformation in complex environments
8 年There is nothing wrong with ppt as a tool, the problem is often the user