Workshop 2 materials

These materials introduce you to the key principles that you will be learning to apply during Workshop 2. Watch the videos and review the documents below to gain understanding of how to design slides effectively.

Before coming to Workshop 2, watch these six short videos 

Go to assertion-evidence.com and listen to the following instructional video

  1. PowerPoint's defaults are weak (~5 min)

Go to https://www.assertion-evidence.com/teaching-films.html and listen to the following instructional videos

     2.  Structuring a scientific presentation (~6 min)
     3.  First principle: Build your talk on messages (~6 min)
     4.  Second principle: Structure your message with visual evidence (~3 min)
     5.  Delivering an assertion-evidence talk (full version) (~6 min)
     6.  Thought-chunking video - To improve your use of voice for public speaking, watch this short       
          video. Thought-chunking video

During Workshop 2, we will review these materials

Examples of before and after using assertion evidence - Contrasts examples: PowerPoint slides vs Assertion-evidence slides. These slides were at the assertion-evidence site in 2014.

Examples of before and after using assertion evidence - Contrasts the slides of a previous student, who granted permission to share her slides.

Other useful materials

Assertion-evidence templates - You can download templates designed for the assertion-evidence approach

Downloaded from the previous link, here is one assertion-evidence template

Materials bank at Aalto University - Here you can download pictures (taken at Aalto), logos, and guidelines for usage

Assertion-evidence checklist -Critique your assertion-evidence slides using this checklist




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