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Teaching Aids
Session 1
Basic Teaching Skills Course
for Recently-Appointed Academic Staff
TASK - Introductions
Advantages Disadvantages
No advanced preparation Time-consuming if you have a
required, lot to write.
except when displaying a Handwriting may be difficult to
complex table/chart/ diagram. read (legibility, size, glare,
Technology is not dependent etc.).
on electricity or other possible Turn your back on audience.
glitches. Cleaning the board (chalk
Can be used by students for dust, permanent marker, etc.)
problem-solving, etc. Can’t go back to something
you’ve erased.
TIPS
Get to the lecture hall early to make sure that the board
has been cleaned.
Bring your own chalk/markers and eraser.
If you have problems with keeping your writing level,
draw horizontal lines in advance using a pencil and
metre stick.
Draw complex diagrams, charts, etc. in advance and
cover with a piece of newsprint until needed.
Advantages Disadvantages
Allows you to prepare all your A blown bulb or power failure
slides in advance. can spoil all your hard work.
Particularly suited for complex Image quality can also be a
diagrams, charts and problem.
illustrations. Can be disorienting to
Can build up information manipulate transparencies on
point-by-point through the use projector plate.
of overlays.
Don’t have to turn your back
on the audience.
Preparing Transparencies
By hand, or
Computer application (eg. MS PowerPoint, MS Word,
HTML documents)
Printing - colour or B/W
Printer (laser or inkjet), or
Photocopier
Selecting Text
Avoid overcrowding
Avoid continuous prose
Bullet or numbered points preferred
KILLS
Keep It Legible, Lean and Simple
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