Course Identification

Title:

Science Communication (SciComm) presentation skills workshop- English

Code:

20228041

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Ms. Meital Salmor

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2022

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

Wednesday, 11:00 - 15:00

First Lecture:

06/10/2021

End date:

20/10/2021

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Obligatory instruction courses or enrichment courses: Workshop; Elective; Enrichment; 0.00 points

Comments

PhD students and posdoctoral fellows

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

12

Other:

For PhD students only

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Pass / Fail

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Seminar:

100%

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

1

Syllabus

Raising awareness to your usage of jargon and technical terminology
Adapting to different communication landscapes and audiences
You can’t unknow what you already know— the curse of knowledge
Understanding paradigm gaps between you and others
Extracting the essence of your research: What is the bottom line?
Getting the right message across
Narrative, storytelling and the power of analogies
Practicing body language and vocal delivery
Improv exercises to practice effective body movement
How to effectively use props in your talk
Using PowerPoint— the right way!
Every participant will get a before/after video recording to measure progress

Learning Outcomes

Making your scientific message clear to various audiences

Improving presentation skills

Reading List

None

Website

N/A