Communication Learning Objectives/Scientific presentations
Scientific presentations, and visual materials:
Knowledge
Identify the appropriate amount – and type – of content
Understand
Identify key points from a presentation
Describe the most common practices for visually reporting statistical and other scientific information
Apply
Apply oral presentation best practices: eye contact, pace, gesture, content, visual aids, rehearsing
When appropriate, incorporate presentation techniques such as humour, metaphor, comparisons, and analogies
Incorporate graphics and multimedia elements into presentations
Represent data in logical and clear tables and graphs
Analyze
Analyze risk communication in the context of scientific data and non-expert audiences
Evaluate
Ask and answer questions after viewing presentations
Evaluate visual representations of scientific information
Evaluate the reporting of statistical ideas
Create
Deliver an oral presentation using no visual aids (a speech) that is clear, audible, well rehearsed, and suitable for the audience
Deliver an oral presentation using visual aids (a speech) that is clear, audible, well rehearsed, and suitable for the audience
Deliver a presentation using software (such as PowerPoint, Keynote, Prezi) that is clear, audible, well rehearsed, and suitable for the audience