Never heard of it?  You’ll love it.

As pointed out by Atrixware in its site, the fatal flaw of many E-Learning PowerPoints is found not with the audience, but with the presentation itself. They are boring!  And boredom is NOT an effective teaching technique!
Instead of looking at what makes PowerPoint bad, it is good to consider can be done  to make it good.

1.   Gain Attention
2.   Inform Learner of Objective
3.   Stimulate Recall of Prior Knowledge
4.   Present the Material
5.   Provide Guidance for Learning
6.   Elicit Performance
7.   Provide Feedback
8.   Assess Performance
9. Enhance Retention and Transfer

Read more: 9 Handy Tips for Effective E-Learning Slideshows

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