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Low-Cost Online Tutorials: Library Instruction for a 24/7 World Cindy L. Craig Assistant Professor and Social Sciences Librarian Wichita State University

Low-Cost Online Tutorials: Library Instruction for a 24/7 World

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Presentation about three online tutorial projects: EMPOWER information literacy tutorial, "WU-torials," brief video demos of databases, and library video tours shot with a Flip Video camera.

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Page 1: Low-Cost Online Tutorials: Library Instruction for a 24/7 World

Low-Cost Online Tutorials: Library Instruction for a 24/7 World

Cindy L. CraigAssistant Professor and Social Sciences Librarian

Wichita State University

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WU-torials

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Research on Tutorials

Friehs and Craig (2008 & 2009) Do students really learn from online

tutorials? What kinds of tutorials are the most

effective?

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Research: Part I

Surveyed 140 finance students after watching Value Line Online tutorial.

Conclusions:- Students found tutorial helpful. - Online tutorials can supplement

(but not completely replace) live library instruction.

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Research: Part 2

HTML Tutorial

Video Tutorial

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Research: Part 2

Students learn more from video tutorials than from HTML tutorials.

Interactivity is not necessary for learning (and may hinder it).

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Video Tours: Storyboard

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Thank You!