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Re:The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint (2003) [pdf] by nerdponx on Saturday May 29, 2021 @01:26PM (#27326757)
This is pretty much how good university lectures are conducted.

The instructor provides some "lecture notes" ahead of time and/or some other assigned reading, then the lecture session itself is more of an overview, discussion, and/or extended worked example, with lots of classroom engagement.

However, it's more demanding on the audience this way. So it depends on the purpose of the session.

Re:The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint (2003) [pdf] by neolog on Saturday May 29, 2021 @03:57PM (#27327830)
Note this works only if the audience actually does the homework in advance. I heard Amazon has people do the reading at the start of the meeting?