PowerPoint is one of the most widely used technological tools in educational contexts, but little is known about the differences in usage patterns by faculty members from various disciplines. For the study we report in this article we used a survey specially designed to explore this question, and it was completed by 106 faculty members from different disciplines. The results suggest the existence of different patterns in the use of PowerPoint. In addition, the importance of habit in its use is highlighted. Those professors who reported greater dependence on PowerPoint tended to use PowerPoint primarily as study material for their students. We discuss the practical relevance of these results.

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PowerPoint 在高等教育中的使用模式：自然、医学和社会科学之间的比较

PowerPoint 是教育环境中使用最广泛的技术工具之一，但对来自不同学科的教职员工使用模式的差异知之甚少。对于我们在本文中报告的研究，我们使用了一项专门设计来探讨这个问题的调查，该调查由来自不同学科的 106 名教职员工完成。结果表明在 PowerPoint 的使用中存在不同的模式。此外，强调了习惯在使用中的重要性。那些报告更依赖 PowerPoint 的教授倾向于将 PowerPoint 主要用作学生的学习材料。我们讨论了这些结果的实际相关性。