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- What is a Presentation?
- Structure of Presentation
- Advantages of Presentation
- Disadvantages of Presentation
- More on Presentation - Download the full pdf
WHAT IS A PRESENTATION?
Presentation is the process of showing and explaining the content of a topic to an audience or a group of audiences. It is often used to assess student learning from individual or group research projects. In the recent times, presentation is no longer just about oral presentation but also visuals. Paper, white board or Powerpoint presentation are sample tools to aid the visual part of the presentation. Peer and tutor assessment can be used as part of the grading process, this would allow open-mindedness particularly if the topic or presentation style generates subjective opinions or different views.
STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION
Presentation assessment usually consists of a topic for the student to research, discuss and present. Question and Answer session is usually included after the presentation. This measures the ability to respond, think under pressure and manage discussion. Sometimes it is in this part of the presentation, the student shows his/her in-depth knowledge of the topic and the presentation skills.
A good presentation is usually expected to consist of an
- Introduction/ Aims/ Objectives
- Major points and ideas explained and summarized
- Results/Related points/Issues/ or others depending on the topic
- Conclusion - future work
- The presentation should be present in the time allowed.
ADVANTAGES OF PRESENTATION
- Humans tend to remember actions and behaviors easier than reading, writing and listening, by observing others peers presenting, it will help to reflect on oneself and avoid repeating others’ wrongdoings and at the same time, work on others’ good qualities.
- Presentation is an effective method to improve students at public speaking.
- Presentation is often part of the overall assessment for a research thesis, it helps to give detailed summary of the research project to the assessors and also allow the assessors to Q&A the student with an immediate response at a more in-depth level which they may not find in the thesis report.
DISADVANTAGES OF PRESENTATION
- Presentation does not take a long time to mark but it does take relative amount of time for the students to present during contact hours, thus this is usually not the best method for a large class.
- It is important for the assessors to state the assessment criteria explicitly, the students need to know if the content of the material is part of the criteria and/or the method of presenting is part of the criteria. If students are to be assessed on different aspects other than the content, they should be given the opportunity to learn about those aspects and practice them before being assessed on them.
- If the skills of live presentation are not relevant to the learning outcomes, presentation may not be a suitable assessment method.
- Students may overspend their time on flashy animation and other software high-tech sound effects, and not on the actual knowledge contents. Tutor and peer assessors may also be affected by these effects and overlook the meaningful ideas behind the topic.
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