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RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP: Academic presentations and posters

[Preparing presentations]

Online poster sessions

Definition:

In times as during the COVID-19 pandemic when in-person conference attendance is not possible, many conference organizers are moving poster sessions online. This trend will likely outlive the pandemic, and learning how to create online posters now will be a skill useful to all in academia.

Useful resources on Online poster sessions:

Amherst College Library. (2021). Virtual Poster Sessions. https://libguides.amherst.edu/c.php?g=1014160&p=7345587

Describes various formats online poster sessions currently take most often: asynchronous/video, asynchronous/Q&A, asynchronous/"screencast-o-matic", and live breakout rooms.

Tags: IPS WC; IPS CritT; IPS IA; IPS IL; PSR ER; CompS

Peer Review: None

Table of contents:

1.1. Academic presentations and posters


1.1.1. Selecting places to present


1.1.2. Preparing


1.1.2.1. Preparing presentation content
1.1.2.2. Online presentations
1.1.2.3. Rhetoric
1.1.2.4. Designing research posters


1.1.2.5. Online poster sessions
1.1.2.6. Practice and feedback


1.1.3. Presenting

 

Author: Stephanie Krueger

Peer Reviewer(s): None

Last Updated: October 22, 2021