- overhead projector
- instructor faces the class
- considered old-fashioned, low-tech
- projector is heavy to carry but portable
- standard equipment in classrooms
- foils are heavy to carry around
- foils get out of order
- your writing on them must be washed
- needn't dim lights
- easily produced
- you can write and draw on them, and use color
- presentation sequence is not fixed
- border notes can be added
- points can be emphasized
- can be overlaid
- 35mm slides
- attractive
- easy to present (esp. with remote control)
- relatively inexpensive
- portable
- easily reproduced
- can use front or rear projection
- requires adherence to fixed sequence
- must dim lights
- can't write on them or visually emphasize points
- video tape
- can convey much
- expensive to produce
- less standard (esp. European formats)
- small screen
- hard to stay awake
- audio tape
- irreplaceable for certain kinds of info
- especially good for customer interaction training
- whiteboard
- must turn your back
- easily erased, edited
- delay while you write
- handwriting matters
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- flipchart
- can track the main points
- can grow and give a sense of progress
- can be referred-to
- can be used as a recording mechanism
- the giant Post-It kind is especially useful
- after class, retains discussion points
- computer projector
- heavy to carry but portable
- the fan is obnoxious
- becoming standard equipment in corporate classrooms
- easy to prepare, edit, update, e.g. with Powerpoint
- lots to go wrong
- perceived as high tech
- great for demos
- must dim lights
- limited interaction/emphasis possible
- can highlight text with mouse, sometimes
- draw-on-it software is available
- the web
- ubiquitous
- requires computer- and internet-equipped classroom
- lots to go wrong
- easily produced and maintained
- can generate (ugly) printed workbooks
- the
paperless classroom
- everyone knows how to use a browser
- printed workbooks
- students get something tangible
- an easy way to welcome people to your classroom:
hand them a workbook
- conveys an image, a corporate look-and-feel for
what you're delivering
- margins to take notes in
- text books
- expensive
- conveys a sense of quality, value
- associates your message with industry pundits
- additional effort for course developers to reference
chapter and page numbers
- references must be maintained as new editions are printed
- more to carry (books are heavy)
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