课程教学的时间安排 (2021)
第一阶段，前四周，任课老师讲解有关研究开题和PPT学术演讲的关键知识。
第一周 （4月16日）：
孙教授介绍该课程的教学大纲、学习的要求以及考试的安排 (第一节课)；
刘教授讲授开题报告撰写的基本要求与相关模式（第二节课）。
课后作业：每位学生需练习撰写两份开题报告，研究主题或领域由老师划定，请在规定研究范围内选题。作为学生的课后作业，每个学生需要按照模板格式，独立完成各自的研究开题报告。
第一份开题报告Z迟第三周4月30日课前提交, 学生每三人一组成一队准备PPT演讲，组队信息将在微信群中分享。PPT主题将从三人的学术报告中选择得分Z高的开题报告为参考，开题报告得分Z高的人为组长负责安排组内人员角色，其中一位负责回答老师问题，另外两个人轮流讲解PPT。无法成组的学生单独准备10分钟PPT和演讲。不在中国的留学生无需进行现场演讲，只需要录制10分钟PPT演讲，并提交包含演讲录音的PPT文件。
第二份开题报告Z迟在第五周5月7日课前提交。PPT的制作和演讲需独立完成。
第2周 （4月23日）：
孙教授讲解常见的PPT学术演讲中存在的问题与挑战；明确学术报告PPT方式与学术论文方式的基本差别；介绍学术报告及PPT应用的重要性及其特征；将完整的论文形式转换成多媒体的PPT表达及其应该遵循的原则。
第3周（4月30日）：
课前提交第一份开题报告（电子版与纸质版）。
孙教授讲解多媒体ppt制作过程中的基本方法、原则、技巧和要领，包括掌握学术研究当中的科学选题、分析问题和解决问题的基本方法和途径，如何凝练科学问题和工程科学问题，如何认识学术论文的特点与学术演讲报告的特点与区别。
第4周（5月7日）：
开题报告作业点评。
Sameh Samir Ali教授总结开题报告中的问题和分析学生比较集中的几个问题（第一节课）。
孙教授将主要讲解一些PPT制作中常常出现的几个主要问题（第二节课）。通过举例来说明如何避免这些问题：包括如何掌握PPT多媒体演讲中的技术要领，高质量学术演讲的能力如何形成？ 如何用英文正确地回答学术交流中的挑战性问题？如何正确使用英文过渡词与过渡句（transition words/sentences），通过典型范例PPT的实际演讲，明确参加国际会议所涉及的技巧与方法。
每组学生（三人一组）根据组内三人中得分Z高的开题报告来准备期中PPT和演讲， PPT文件需要演讲前一天提交至邮箱yongliw2021@163.com。
第二阶段，5周~7周，所有学生按照组队进行第一次PPT演讲，老师对其进行提问和考核。
第5周（5月14日）：
课前提交第二次开题报告
第1-4组学生进行PPT演讲，演讲成绩作为期中考试成绩，学生A和学生B分别做PPT学术演讲5分钟，学生C英文回答问题互动部分5分钟，老师点评5分钟，并给出平时成绩，每组共需20分钟。
第6周（5月21日）：
第5-8组学生进行PPT演讲，演讲成绩作为期中考试成绩，学生A和学生B分别做PPT学术演讲5分钟，学生C英文回答问题互动部分5分钟，老师点评5分钟，并给出平时成绩，每组共需20分钟。
第7周（5月28日）：
第9-10组学生及Z后一位学生进行PPT演讲，演讲成绩作为期中考试成绩，学生A和学生B分别做PPT学术演讲5分钟，学生C英文回答问题互动部分5分钟，老师点评5分钟，并给出平时成绩，每组共需20分钟。另外三个无法成组的学生，每位进行单独演讲5分钟，老师点评5分钟，老师对所有学生的表现做总结性归纳，对学生期中PPT演讲的问题进行针对性点评，并针对学生问题进行详细的指导。
第三阶段，8周~考试周，所有学生按照顺序进行第二次PPT演讲，老师对其进行提问和考核。
第8周（6月4日）：
根据学生名单中的序号A1-A6的学生每位学生进行10分钟PPT演讲，老师点评5分钟。
第9周（6月11日）：
根据学生名单中的序号A7-A12的学生每位学生进行10分钟PPT演讲，老师点评5分钟。
第10周（6月18日）
根据学生名单中的序号A13-A18的学生每位学生进行10分钟PPT演讲，老师点评5分钟。
老师点评总结学生PPT的存在的问题。
第11周（6月25日）：
根据学生名单中的序号A19-A24的学生每位学生进行10分钟PPT演讲，老师点评5分钟。
第12周（7月2日）：
根据学生名单中的序号A25-A31的学生每位学生进行10分钟PPT演讲，老师点评5分钟。
老师点评总结学生PPT的存在的问题。
每个学生均要求对该课程提供一个个人的评价或你上完该课程后的感想或任何有益的课程教学建议，评价需要用PPT的组织方式，中文或英文均可（需要至少5张PPT），你将有可能得到额外的课程加分（根据你的评价认真程度、价值、以及你编排的PPT质量，Z低可以在你的总分中加1分，Z高不超过5分）。
老师联系信息：
Lecturer 1：Prof. Jianzhong Sun, QQ:2745983694, Tel: 0511-88796122;
Lecturer 2: Dr./Prof. Jun liu, QQ:47018794；
Lecturer 3: Dr./Prof. Sameh Samir Ali Atwa, QQ:2192795749.
Teaching assistant: Dr. Yongli Wang, QQ:385568209
Timetable of the course teaching (2021 spring semester)
I. First Session: From week 1 to week 4. Lectures will be given about how to write a perfect research proposal and to provide an effective scientific PPT presentation.
Week 1 (April 16th):
Dr./Prof. Sun will introduce the syllabus of the course with its general requirements of the course, the arrangement of the course and its tests including midterm and final exam.
Dr./Prof. Liu will introduce the writing tips and requirements to develop a high quality of your academic research proposal. A proposal template will be then provided for you to follow the instruction.
Student Homework: Each student, including online students, in this class is required to work out a total of two research proposals in the required quality, format and length. The scope of the topic should be pretty much related to your major, environmental science and engineering. In addition, two PPT presentation performances are further designed in this class for each onsite student, the first one is designed for a group collaboration performance with three onsite students in PPT presentation, but, the second one is required individually in his/her presentation for onsite students only in our class time. As for those online students assigned into “B” section, The PPT presentation assignments are not required to provide a PPT presentation during the class time via “Voov” platform due to the WIFI speed concerns, instead, they are required to add his/her own speech voice as a standard conference presentation within the 10 min presentation, which will record your speech voice into your PPT file and then submit it to class teachers for evaluation and scoring.
l The first research proposal for both onsite and online students has to be submitted electronically in a word file format to teachers for evaluation due by April 30th, 2021, at 10:00PM, Beijing time.
Each onsite student in the class will be arranged to form a study group/team at a total of three people (onsite students), which will be announced/informed in our WeChat platform ahead of class for information sharing for which group you may belong to. A proposal topic from a group will be selected as a PPT presentation topic for a group performance in terms of the highest score submitted from a study group. The student who wins the highest scored for his/her research proposal will be automatically assigned as the group leader for arranging the role of a student in a group performance for PPT presentation. One of the students in a study group will be responsible for answering the teacher's question after PPT presentation for 5 min, and the other two students will serve as the presenters in PPT presentation and each at a 5 min talking in a collaborative way for presentation. Those students who will not be assigned to be a study group will be then asked to prepare a 10 min PPT and present individually. However, those online students in B code section who are not stayed in China are not required to present a class PPT presentation via “Voov” due to the WIFI technical concerns, and instead, each online student is required to record his/her 10-minute PPT presentation in its own PPT file and submit it before the due date we asked. Please be aware that, in general, the PPT topic for each student to prepare should be same as your submitted proposal topic (First PPT topic should go with your first proposal topic, the same requirement applied to your second PPT topic selection).
l The second proposal has to be prepared individually and submitted to teachers electronically in a word file format for evaluation and scoring due by May 7th, 2021, at 10:00PM, Beijing time.
Be aware, the second PPT presentation topic is generally required to use a topic in terms of the second submitted proposal by each student, including onsite and online students. Please be noted that the PPT presentation is further required to be performed individually by each student as your final examination.
Week 2 (April 23th):
Prof. Sun will address the problems and challenges in the regular PPT academic talking, clarify the differences between PPT academic talking and academic papers, emphasize the importance and characteristics of PPT academic talking, as well as explain principles of transferring the academic papers into multimedia PPT expression.
Week 3 (April 30th):
Please submit the first proposal before the class and bring a hardcopy to your teachers during the class time (Both electronic and paper versions). For online students, it is required for an electronic copy for submission before the due time
Lecturing presented by Prof. Sun will be focused on some suggestions for how to build a formal seminar presentation (tips for main skills involved), suggestions for visual aids (tips for main techniques involved), as well as some general hinds for presenting (Tips for main strategies and skills in a presentation).
Week 4 (May 7th):
Evaluation and comments on students’ first proposals
The first section: Prof. Sameh Samir Ali Atwa will provide a summary talk and comments for some common problems presented in student proposals and further offer some important useful tips.
The second section: Prof. Sun will also lecture about how to answer the questions from audience after a presentation (the strategies and the answering tips), how to best use the transition words during the presentation (tips and examples) and how to best deal with an international conference talking (common useful tips)? Explaining a typical scientific PPT presentation with an example.
Class Homework: the first PPT file needs to be submitted via the appointed email address at yongliw2021@163.com at least one day before your presentation by the onsite students.
II. Second Session: Week 5 to Week 11. Every student group for onsite students will be required to finish the first PPT presentation practice in a class time slot on a day assigned by teacher. After presentation, teachers will ask some questions to students in mimicking an international conference.
Week 5 (May 14th):
Please submit the second proposal before class for each student, including onsite and online group.
Students in Group 1 to Group 4 should conduct PPT speeches, and the scores of the speeches are used as the mid-term test scores. Student “A” and Student “B” in a group of onsite students will function as two presenters who should collaborate together for a PPT academic speech at 5 minutes each in a total of 10 min talking. Student “C” will function as a question answer during the interactive part of the Q & A section for at least 5 minutes. The teachers’ comments will provide regarding a team performance for 5 minutes, and at the last, the scores will also be determined for all students in a group. Each group performance for PPT presentation will take no more than 20 minutes.
Week 6 (May 21th):
Students in Group 5 to Group 10 should conduct their PPT speeches, and the scores of the speeches are applied as the mid-term test scores. Student “A” and Student “B” in a group of onsite students will function as two presenters who should collaborate together for a PPT academic speech at 5 minutes each in a total of 10 min talking. Student “C” will function as a question answer during the interactive part of the Q & A section for at least 5 minutes. The teachers’ comments will provide regarding a team performance for 5 minutes, and at the last, the scores will also be determined for all students in a group. Each group performance for PPT presentation will take no more than 20 minutes.
Week 7 (May 28th):
For those online students, it is a due time in today for submission of your PPT file, where your presentation speech is recorded with each single slide explanation within a total 10 min, prior to May 28th, 2021, 10:00PM, Beijing time. Over 10 min presentation PPT is not allowed, which will result in a loss of your points.
Students in Group 9 to Group 10 and the last student should conduct PPT speeches, and the scores of the speeches are used as the mid-term test scores. Student “A” and Student “B” in a group of onsite students will function as two presenters who should collaborate together for a PPT academic speech at 5 minutes each in a total of 10 min talking. Student “C” will function as a question answer during the interactive part of the Q & A section for at least 5 minutes. The teachers’ comments will provide regarding a team performance for 5 minutes, and at the last, the scores will also be determined for all students in a group. Each group performance for PPT presentation will take no more than 20 minutes.
At last, Prof. Sun will sum up the performance for all groups, make some important comments on the students' PPT quality and remaining problems, and the detailed guidance on student issues will also be provided.
III. Third Session: Week 7-12 will serve as the final exam weeks. Each of the onsite student will be required to give an academic presentation with his/her PPT independently in a time slot arranged by teacher for final exam (Accounting for 60% of the total scores). Questions and answering session after the presentation by a student is also designed to mimic the conference pattern.
Week 8 (June 4th):
Each student from A1-A6 will be arranged to conduct a ten min PPT presentation, and the performance will be evaluated and scored as his/her final exam.
Week 9 (June 11th)
Each student from A7-A12 will be arranged to conduct a ten min PPT presentation, and the performance will be evaluated and scored as his/her final exam.
Week 10 (June 18th):
Each student from A13-A18 will be arranged to conduct a ten min PPT presentation, and the performance will be evaluated and scored as his/her final exam.
Week 11 (June 25th):
Each student from A19-A24 will be arranged to conduct a ten min PPT presentation, and the performance will be evaluated and scored as his/her final exam.
Week 12 (July 2th):
For those online students, it is a due time in today for submission of your PPT file (based on your second proposal), where your presentation speech is recorded with each single slide explanation within a total 10 min, prior to June 25th, 2021, 10:00PM, Beijing time. Over 10 min presentation PPT is not allowed, which will result in a loss of your points.
Each student from A25-A31 will be arranged to conduct a ten min PPT presentation, and the performance will be evaluated and scored as his/her final exam.
The teachers will sum up the performance of all students on their PPT presentations.
At last, all students are required to evaluate this course with their comments via a PPT format file (at least 5 slides), which should be submitted to teachers before our last class date (July 2nd, 2021). We will post the student’s comments on the course website for information sharing. The submitted comments from each student will potentially win an extra bonus point, at least 1, and up to the 5 points (adding to your overall final score) based on your comments and PPT quality.
Part of the relevant references recommended for reading：
1. When the Scientist Presents: an audio and video guide to science talks (2010, Jean-Luc Lebrun, World Scientific CO. Pte. Ltd.).
2. Speaking and writing as a scientist (英文学术演讲与写作) (王景惠，刘丽达等，2012，哈尔滨工业大学出版社)
3. Presentation Pattern: techniques for crafting better presentations (2012, Neal Ford, Matthew McCullough, Nathaniel Schutta, Addison-Wesley Professional) (中文翻译本：演讲模式：演讲的技巧与禁忌，机械工业出版社)
Useful websites for you to keeping and exploring：
1. Templates
2. Interactive ideas
3. Images & multimedia clips
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