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Slide 1: PowerPoint and Audio G. Coughlin April 2009
Slide 2: PowerPoint and audio is a web tool which can be an effective means of online instruction
Slide 3: Advantages of PowerPoint with audio instruction Easy to convert lecture to online delivery  Mostly familiar with technology  Less time consuming than creating interactive modules  Reusable  Good for weak readers 
Slide 4: Disadvantages of PowerPoint with audio instruction      Not an engaging way to present material Not interactivity Large file sizes which isn’t good for modern access Significant effort required to make lessons accessible to students with disabilities or learning differences For lesson review students generally prefer audio only without PPT because it is more portable
Slide 5: So keep in mind some of the following points when choosing this web tool……….. Does All it meet your pedagogical goals? verbal recordings should have a written transaction available to students with hearing difficulties or learning style not generally auditory Students Files must be able to control playback of recording need to be compressed to download over a modem