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Our brains are multimedia. All our teaching should be, too.
DB Roberts Probably everyone’s experienced at some time ‘Death by PowerPoint’: a presentation that, rather than engaging your attention,...
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Jun 20, 20214 min read


DYSLEXIA AND MULTIMEDIA LEARNING
DB Roberts This article is published in the Journal of Further and Higher Education in 2021 INTRODUCTION It should come as no surprise...
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Jun 20, 202110 min read


TOP TIPS TO GETTING STARTED
DB Roberts CHANGING MINDSET If you’re reading this, you are probably contemplating using images in your teaching as part of a multimedia...
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Jun 20, 20216 min read


THE TALK @ YORK
DB Roberts' keynote speech at #UPNorth19 For anyone who wishes to pursue any of the content of the keynote speech I delivered, I have...
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Jun 20, 20211 min read


CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
DB Roberts Developing our teaching doesn’t normally generate the kind of rewards that developing our research brings forth; that can...
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Jun 20, 202110 min read


COPYRIGHT AND THE RULE OF FAIR USE
DB Roberts Using images inevitably raises the question of copyright. We fear making mistakes and we seek guidance to avoid making them....
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Jun 20, 20215 min read


THE END OF DEATH BY POWERPOINT. Or: our brains are multimedia and our teaching should match that.
DB Roberts INTRODUCTION This is conceptually a straightforward matter. We should match how we teach to how our brains work. Our brains...
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Jun 20, 20214 min read


STARTING WITH TEXT
DB Roberts Text is not our enemy. How we use text is the subject of this blog. This post is designed to deal with a concern some...
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Jun 20, 20215 min read


A UNIVERSAL PEDAGOGY? Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Conference, WARWICK, 15TH APRIL 2021
DB Roberts I presented a short paper at the above Conference. The paper was concerned with the idea of a possible universal pedagogy that...
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Jun 18, 20218 min read
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