Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Department of Physics auf deutsch

4020210073 Presenting Science: How to prepare a scientific presentation with impact       

Digitaler Kurs

classroom language

DE

aims

Acquire effective communation and presentation skills for the presentation of scientific results and concepts.

requirements

Student should be at least in his/her fourth FS.

structure / topics / contents

- How to communicte scientific topics with impact.
- Content and structure of slides.
- Structure and appearance of the presentation.
- Fonts, backgrounds, equations, figures and plots
- Body language and voice control

Course Structure: Professor Issever will begin the seminar by giving an introduction into how to prepare a scientific presentation. What the pitfalls are and how to ensure to have a presentation with impact. After this introduction each student will be asked to pick a scientific topic s/he wants to prepare a presentation about. The presentation should be for physicists who do not need to be experts in the chosen field. Each presentation should be not more than 10 min. Every student has to give a rehearsal talk to the other participants. At this rehearsal the other students and Prof Issever will give the student detailed! feedback on their presentation. The feedback needs to be incorparated and a final version of the presentation needs to be prepared. At the end of the course all students present their presentations to everybody in a conference like schedule that should simulate a parallel session of talks at a scientific conference.

assigned modules

P8f

amount, credit points; Exam / major course assessment

2 SWS, 6 SP/ECTS (Arbeitsanteil im Modul für diese Lehrveranstaltung, nicht verbindlich)
- Participation in the rehearsal talks of the other course members
- Presenting a scietific talk of choice of topic

other

'Giving a talk' is one of the most important ways to communicate our research. The 'talk' covers everything from a 10min briefing to a handful of colleagues, to a keynote address to a major international conference with more than thousand delegates. Whatever the occasion, the aim is the same -- to get the message accross clearly and effectively.

My aim is to equip the participating students with the basic s

contact

Cigdem Issever

literature

Joey Asher. Even a geek can speak.
Issever, Peach. Presenting Science. Oxford University Press
Michael Alley. The Craft of Scientific Presentatons.

Moodle link:

http://moodle.hu-berlin.de/course/view.php?id=101568