TY - JOUR
T1 - Patterns of PowerPoint Use in Higher Education
T2 - a Comparison between the Natural, Medical, and Social Sciences
AU - Chávez Herting, David
AU - Cladellas Pros, Ramón
AU - Castelló Tarrida, Antoni
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the CONICYT PFCHA/DOCTORADO BECAS CHILE/2015 – 72160199.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Nature B.V.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - PowerPoint is one of the most widely used technological tools in educational contexts, but little is known about the differences in usage patterns by faculty members from various disciplines. For the study we report in this article we used a survey specially designed to explore this question, and it was completed by 106 faculty members from different disciplines. The results suggest the existence of different patterns in the use of PowerPoint. In addition, the importance of habit in its use is highlighted. Those professors who reported greater dependence on PowerPoint tended to use PowerPoint primarily as study material for their students. We discuss the practical relevance of these results.
AB - PowerPoint is one of the most widely used technological tools in educational contexts, but little is known about the differences in usage patterns by faculty members from various disciplines. For the study we report in this article we used a survey specially designed to explore this question, and it was completed by 106 faculty members from different disciplines. The results suggest the existence of different patterns in the use of PowerPoint. In addition, the importance of habit in its use is highlighted. Those professors who reported greater dependence on PowerPoint tended to use PowerPoint primarily as study material for their students. We discuss the practical relevance of these results.
KW - Educational technology
KW - Habit
KW - Higher education
KW - PowerPoint
KW - Slide presentations
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85075868053
U2 - 10.1007/s10755-019-09488-4
DO - 10.1007/s10755-019-09488-4
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85075868053
SN - 0742-5627
VL - 45
SP - 65
EP - 80
JO - Innovative Higher Education
JF - Innovative Higher Education
IS - 1
ER -