Using IT in the undergraduate classroom: should we replace the blackboard with PowerPoint?

By A. Szabó, N. Hastings. Comput. Educ., 2000

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The use and abuse of PowerPoint in Teaching and Learning in the Life Sciences: A Personal Overview (2003, background): “However, its use is far from controversial in this educational context and opinions as to its use range from highly supportive to significantly negative (Szabo & Hastings, 2000; Lowry, 2003).”
Impact of Multimedia-aided Teaching on Students' Academic Achievement and Attitude at Elementary Level (2015, background): “The students are better able to learn and retain the material when the lectures are presented through PPT, as indicated by Atkins-Sayre et al. (1998), Mantei (2000), and Szabo and Hastings (2000).”
Powerful or Pointless? Faculty Versus Student Perceptions of PowerPoint Use in Business Education (2006, background): “However, Szabo and Hastings (2000) found that PPT lectures increased lecture attendance and that the overwhelming majority of their sample felt that PPT handouts helped them study and take notes on important points in lecture and held their attention.”