Good and bad presentations

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Description: Lecture 8 in a course on Research Skills, presented to the MPhil in Advanced Computer Science at the University of Cambridge, 2 November 2009.
Contents: (1) a research presentation is not a lecture; (2) the Gettysburg Address: context, without visual aids (good), analysis, with visual aids (bad); (3) the Problem with Powerpoint (and Keynote and LaTeX); (4) Blood, Toil, Tears & Sweat: context, with visual aids (good?), analysis; (5) proof of the irrationality of the square root of 2: blackboard proof (good), with LaTeX presentation (bad); (6) final thoughts.
 
Created: 2009-12-03 17:45
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Publisher: Dr Neil Dodgson
Copyright: Neil A. Dodgson
Language: eng (English)
Keywords: presentation; lecture; seminar; Gettysburg; Lincoln; Churchill;
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