Post #3165541

2026-03-12 21:03 UTC

I really want to know who is giving students the uninformative template without telling them that they are actually supposed to replace the generic bullets words with their own.

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@johannes_lehmann@fediscience.org 2026-03-12 21:12

@MCDuncanLab@mstdn.social In my opinion the same applies to the “headers” showing whether a slide is “introduction”, “methods” or “conclusions”. I’ve frequently seen these in student presentations - but they do not add anything and if they have a progress bar type layout the presentation feels rigid, something to be endured (“are we still at methods?”) rather than enjoyed.

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@steveroyle@biologists.social 2026-03-13 06:36

@MCDuncanLab@mstdn.social thank you for this thread! At some point in the past, I was told that this was the way to give a talk but being the rebel that I am, I don't follow the advice. I will likely have to teach a class on scientific presentations next year, and I would love to use this example (if you don't mind).

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@WizardOfDocs@wandering.shop 2026-03-13 15:04

@MCDuncanLab@mstdn.social it would never occur to me to use the slide as is. Who the hell is teaching it that way, and who the hell is believing them.

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