Using multimedia presentations along with lecture material at
advanced training courses for dental practitioners
State
Institution “Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy of Health Ministry of Ukraine”.
Department
of Dentistry. Faculty of Postgraduate Education.
Chebotar
O. A., Semenov K. A.
Abstract:
One
of the modern educational technologies is a multimedia presentation lecture,
which allows to illustrate, structure, summarize the studied material, and
improves quality of perception of the material.
This
paper systematizes the principles of application of multimedia presentation
lectures (MPL), which are used in the postgraduate training of doctors.
It
allows teacher to improve quality of perception and learning material under
study by the audience.
Keywords: methodology;
multimedia presentation lectures.
Застосування мультимедійних
презентацій у подачі лекційного матеріалу на курсах підвищення кваліфікації лікарів стоматологів.
ДЗ «Дніпропетровська медична академія Міністерства охорони здоров'я України», кафедра стоматології ФПО.
Чеботар О. А., Семенов К. А.
Резюме:
Однією з сучасних освітніх технологій є мультимедійна лекція, презентація, яка дозволяє ілюструвати, структурувати, узагальнювати досліджуваний матеріал, і підвищує якість сприйняття даного матеріалу.
Справжня робота систематизує принципи застосування
мультимедійних лекцій (МЛП), що використовуються в післядипломній підготовці лікарів.
Дозволяє викладачеві підвищити якість сприйняття, та засвоєння навчального
матеріалу у слухачів.
Ключові слова: методологія; мультимедійні лекції - презентації.
Present
times require developing methods of teaching in higher education that involve
information technologies allowing to activate, optimize and improve the
learning process. One of the modern educational technologies is a multimedia
presentation lecture which allows to illustrate, structure, summarize the
material under study, and improves the quality of perception of the material.
At
the Department of Dentistry (Faculty of Postgraduate Education) multimedia
lectures (MPL) are developed and being used while studying basic cycles of
advanced trainings for doctors in therapeutic, orthopaedic and surgical
dentistry and within lecture program for internship doctors. The advantage of
such lecture lies in the possibility to maintain constant interest and attention
of the audience, as well as perception of significant amount of material
without getting tired, and the unification of teaching since the developed
materials can be used by all participants of the pedagogical process, i.e.
teachers, students and post-graduates.
When
composing and using multimedia lectures and presentations, the following
principles should be considered:
1.
Adaptation to the knowledge level of
listeners and their psychological peculiarities;
2.
Interactivity, which means to get
feedback from the audience;
3.
The principle of formation of
different styles of thinking – analytical and critical ones;
4.
Integrity of presentation of the
topical material.
Development of
multimedia lecture begins with a selection of educational material, and a plan
of the lecture itself.
It is necessary to
define the purpose, i.e. which learning tasks shall be solved by using a
multimedia presentation, and in which part of a lecture it will be most
appropriate to introduce it.
Multimedia presentation
can be used:
1.
To set the problem at the beginning
of the lecture;
2.
As an illustrative material in
presenting topics;
3.
In order to enhance the cognitive
activity;
4.
To organize the independent work of
students;
5.
To demonstrate the conclusions.
The very structure of multimedia lectures should
include changing the types of perception and even distribution of the load on
auditory and visual analyzers, including possible activation of thought and
speech activity.
The software of multimedia lectures is
represented by specialized programs. The most convenient one is Microsoft
Office PowerPoint that provides high quality in displaying graphics, drawings,
photographs and various other kinds of data.
The selection of slides is an issue that should
be considered with care. Their number should not exceed 30% of the time
allotted for the lecture; different slides have varying degrees of
informational load, so the optimal number of slides should not exceed 50 pieces
in a standard lecture. The best visibility of text and illustrative information
is provided by a light background and dark text with no graphic ornaments. The
very text of slide must be structured and as brief as possible; text
information of the slide should be presented in the form of short simple
phrases containing 10-15 words. Slide should not be overloaded with
information; it should bear the summary information for the audience and for
the lecturer. Lecturer, basing on the slide, builds the narrative flow of the
material, and the listeners at this time jot down what they see and hear in their
synopses. After 5 text slides it is recommended to show an illustrated slide in
order to switch the listener’s attention, which contributes to a better
mastering and generalization of the material. To structure the information, you
can use bulleted or numbered lists. In order to raise the interest in your
audience you must use illustrative material in the presentation.
Thus, the development and use of modern information technologies such as
multimedia lectures, allows to improve the learning process in institutions of
higher education, increase its efficiency and enhance the level of mastering
the material and, consequently, increases the success of education in general.
Conclusions:
1.
Slide text should be structured and brief; it should not be overloaded with
information, and at the same time it must bear maximum information both for the
listeners and the lecturer.
2.
Multimedia presentation allows to improve the learning process and to
increase its efficiency by maintaining constant interest and attention of the
audience.
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