PowerPoint is appropriate and effective in fostering the development of modern e-learning?
Everyone knows and has basic knowledge of PowerPoint to some extent. He is one of the most often in education and training because of its ease and comfort in the provision of content used. In fact, there are many experts who are still considered one of the principal tools for developing e-learning now seen, but of course there are others who argue and fight more disadvantages in this claim. The debate goes further than the valuation models “at best” practice deals with the changing trends in online training and learning.
For many years, Brandon Hall Research examined and kept track of the most popular tools for creating online learning such as Flash, Authorware, Dreamweaver, ToolBook, Lectora Publisher, and so on. The results are always the same-use of PowerPoint there as a tool for content creation in all new software and applications available to the masses.
The main reasons for this surprising anomaly are described as follows:
(1) many people already as part of their learning and teaching experiences, even before the advent of online learning. This is because this program is an integral part of Microsoft Office Professional, and is often found and used in almost all PCs. There is a variety of purposes of presentations, conferences, etc., used visual aids;
(2) It is the easiest tool to use for other authoring tools in comparison. Some of these products use the same slogans that it is easier to use than PowerPoint claim. This tool provides useful features such as charts, maps, videos, animations and many others; » Read more: PowerPoint Reigns Over Elearning Development Tools