scholarly journals STIPRESOFT: an alternative stimuli presentation software synchronizing with current acquisition systems in EEG experiments

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdurrahman Özbeyaz
Keyword(s):  
Presentation Software

scholarly journals Bringing Things Closer: Enhancing Low-Vision Interaction Experience with Office Productivity Applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (EICS) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Hae-Na Lee ◽  
Vikas Ashok ◽  
IV Ramakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Assistive Technology ◽  
User Study ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Spatial Separation ◽  
Usability Study ◽  
Presentation Software ◽  
Screen Magnifier ◽  
Word Processors ◽  
Grid Layout

Many people with low vision rely on screen-magnifier assistive technology to interact with productivity applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation software. Despite the importance of these applications, little is known about their usability with respect to low-vision screen-magnifier users. To fill this knowledge gap, we conducted a usability study with 10 low-vision participants having different eye conditions. In this study, we observed that most usability issues were predominantly due to high spatial separation between main edit area and command ribbons on the screen, as well as the wide span grid-layout of command ribbons; these two GUI aspects did not gel with the screen-magnifier interface due to lack of instantaneous WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) feedback after applying commands, given that the participants could only view a portion of the screen at any time. Informed by the study findings, we developed MagPro, an augmentation to productivity applications, which significantly improves usability by not only bringing application commands as close as possible to the user's current viewport focus, but also enabling easy and straightforward exploration of these commands using simple mouse actions. A user study with nine participants revealed that MagPro significantly reduced the time and workload to do routine command-access tasks, compared to using the state-of-the-art screen magnifier.

scholarly journals Impact of Mixed Reality Presentation on STEM Engagement and Comprehension: A Pilot Study on Adult Scientists

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Geller ◽  
Jaymie Stein ◽  
Daniel Du ◽  
Jason R. Webb ◽  
Zack Lieberman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Mixed Reality ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Scientific Content ◽  
Presentation Software ◽  
On Line ◽  
Stem Engagement

AbstractCurrent educational presentation software used in STEM education fail to maximize student engagement and comprehension. Mixed reality presentation is one specific type of digital presentation software that has shown to significantly improve student engagement and comprehension. In this paper, we describe a pilot study on adult scientists which evaluates the usage of an integrated mixed reality presentation software in the Zyndo platform as an enhanced alternative to Adobe PDFs. A group of adult scientists (N = 20), with higher education of at least a bachelor’s degree, from an academic research center at Harvard Medical School were randomized and asked to read two articles (one on Immunology and the other on Bioengineering) presented through either the mixed reality presentation or PDFs. Our results indicate that participants improved in nearly all metrics for engagement (ranging from + 4 to 51% improvement depending on engagement metric and subject matter) when viewing the mixed reality presentation over the traditional PDFs for both articles. Specifically, the participants demonstrated improved comprehension of the scientific content and time spent viewing the presentation in a content-dependent manner. Therefore, 3D mixed reality environments can potentially be applied to enhance student learning in STEM fields, particularly Biomedical Engineering in both on-line and in person classroom settings.

scholarly journals The Synthesis Map Is a Multidimensional Educational Tool That Provides Insight into Students’ Mental Models and Promotes Students’ Synthetic Knowledge Generation

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. ar14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan A. Ortega ◽  
Cynthia J. Brame
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Student Understanding ◽  
Knowledge Structures ◽  
Cognitive Domain ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Natural Evolution ◽  
Student Work ◽  
Presentation Software ◽  
Insight Into

Concept mapping was developed as a method of displaying and organizing hierarchical knowledge structures. Using the new, multidimensional presentation software Prezi, we have developed a new teaching technique designed to engage higher-level skills in the cognitive domain. This tool, synthesis mapping, is a natural evolution of concept mapping, which utilizes embedding to layer information within concepts. Prezi’s zooming user interface lets the author of the presentation use both depth as well as distance to show connections between data, ideas, and concepts. Students in the class Biology of Cancer created synthesis maps to illustrate their knowledge of tumorigenesis. Students used multiple organizational schemes to build their maps. We present an analysis of student work, placing special emphasis on organization within student maps and how the organization of knowledge structures in student maps can reveal strengths and weaknesses in student understanding or instruction. We also provide a discussion of best practices for instructors who would like to implement synthesis mapping in their classrooms.

Enhancing Student Engagement Using Interactive Presentation Software

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina Wilson ◽  
Connie Harris
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Presentation Software

Delivering a Presentation and More

2012 ◽  
pp. 144-166
Keyword(s):  
Presentation Style ◽  
Presentation Software

In the last chapter, the author described many of the fundamentals of presentations, including items such as the setting of the presentation, multimedia, topic selection, advertising, and equipment. This chapter continues the discussion of presentations with a focus on the delivery, beginning with a section on presentation style, discussing things such as inclusion of audio, animations, pictures, tables, and so on. This material is followed by a section on presentation genres. Next, the chapter talks about articles, surveys, and interview talks. PowerPoint is the topic of the next section, and the chapter provides helpful hints about this presentation software. A section on key slides that appear in most presentations, as well as how to craft them, follows. Then the chapter provides a section on how to cope with common-trouble spots. The main content of the chapter wraps up with a section on miscellaneous tips, where a number of useful practical tips are provided regarding presentations. Conclusions and references close out the chapter.

Assessing Faculty Perception of PowerPoint as a Digital Content Authoring Tool

2021 ◽  
pp. 26-46
Author(s):  
Christopher Francique
Keyword(s):  
Single Point ◽  
Authoring Tool ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Multimedia Content ◽  
Faculty Perception ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Traditional Use ◽  
Multimedia Authoring ◽  
Presentation Software ◽  
Presentation Tool

This study sought to identify the perceptions of faculty in utilizing Microsoft PowerPoint as an authoring tool. This research posited that Microsoft PowerPoint has some multimedia authoring features and can possibly be used as a single-point multimedia authoring tool for faculty to utilize to create multimedia content for courses that they teach. However, PowerPoint is traditionally used as a presentation software, and despite its multimedia authoring capabilities, faculty may not be aware or even willing to use such features, having grown accustomed to their traditional use of the software. Nonetheless, from this study, it confirms that faculty are biased to seeing PowerPoint as a presentation tool. However, the study revealed that despite the initial myopia and limitations, post-intervention, participants showed a keen interest in using PowerPoint beyond the realm of presentations.

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