The effects of text slide format and presentational quality on learning in college lectures

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 288-299

  Blokzijl, Wim ^a   Andeweg, Bas ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

6x6 rule; Eye contact; Lecture; PowerPoint; Presentation; Teaching engineers; Text slides

Indexed keywords

6X6 RULE; EYE CONTACT; LECTURES; POWERPOINT; PRESENTATION; TEACHING ENGINEERS; TEXT SLIDES;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; TEXT PROCESSING;

VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33745247756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPCC.2005.1494188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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