The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint"Compares PowerPoint with alternative methods for presenting information: 10 case studies, an unbiased collection of 2,000 PP slides, and 32 control samples from non-PP presentations. The evidence indicates that PowerPoint, compared to other common presentation tools, reduces the analytical quality of serious presentations of evidence"--Page 2. |
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... slideware " computer programs for presentations are nearly everywhere . Early in the 21st century , several hundred million copies of Microsoft PowerPoint were turning out trillions of slides each year . Alas , slideware often reduces ...
... slideware " computer programs for presentations are nearly everywhere . Early in the 21st century , several hundred million copies of Microsoft PowerPoint were turning out trillions of slides each year . Alas , slideware often reduces ...
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... Slideware helps speakers to outline their talks , to retrieve and show diverse visual materials , and to communicate slides in talks , printed reports , and internet . And also to replace serious analysis with chartjunk , over ...
... Slideware helps speakers to outline their talks , to retrieve and show diverse visual materials , and to communicate slides in talks , printed reports , and internet . And also to replace serious analysis with chartjunk , over ...
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Edward R. Tufte. Metaphors for Presentations Years before today's slideware , presentations at companies such as IBM and in the military used bullet lists shown by overhead projectors . Then , in 1984 , a software house developed a ...
Edward R. Tufte. Metaphors for Presentations Years before today's slideware , presentations at companies such as IBM and in the military used bullet lists shown by overhead projectors . Then , in 1984 , a software house developed a ...
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The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within Edward R. Tufte No preview available - 2006 |
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