Creating Engaging Information Literacy Tutorials
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The document outlines strategies for creating engaging information literacy tutorials, emphasizing the importance of interactivity, fun, and user feedback in the learning process. It provides a framework for various levels of interactivity, encouraging the use of humor, relatable content, and visual appeal. Usability testing and consideration of user needs are also highlighted as crucial for effective tutorial development.
Creating Engaging Information Literacy Tutorials
- 1. Creating Engaging Information Literacy Tutorials MANDI GOODSETT REFERENCE & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY
- 2. About the Audience DO YOU HAVE IL TUTORIALS AT YOUR LIBRARY?
- 4. Motivating Learning We cannot “learn” our students Learning requires paying attention Motivation -> Persistence - > Practice -> Learning Without motivation, the quality of the content doesn’t matterhttps://learningsnippets.wordpress.com/category/motivation/ Michael Allen’s Guide to e-Learning
- 5. 3 Principles of Engaging Tutorials From Extra Credits’ video “Tutorials 101” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCPcn-Q5nKE
- 6. Principle #1 INTERACTIVITY A.K.A SHOW, DON’T TELL
- 7. Why make interactive tutorials? What does interactive mean to you?
- 9. Level 1: Navigational Control Pacing Video vs. click through Side-menu University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 10. Level 2: Quizzing/Assessment Quiz questions throughout Short cumulative quiz Positive feedback
- 11. Level 3: Interactive Design Drag-and-drop activities Drop-down menus Collapsible units Games Menlo College – Bowman Library
- 12. Level 3: Interactive Design Drag-and-drop activities Drop-down menus Collapsible units Games University of Texas – San Antonio
- 13. Level 3: Interactive Design Drag-and-drop activities Drop-down menus Collapsible units Games Lycoming College
- 14. Level 4: Guided simulation Text input boxes Click boxes Guide-on-the-side University of Vermont
- 15. Level 4: Guided simulation Text input boxes Click boxes Guide-on-the- side
- 16. Principle #2 MAKE IT FUN
- 17. Make It Fun Humor/relaxed tone Relatable, relevant material Visually appealing graphics Eastern Michigan University
- 18. Principle #3 LISTEN TO YOUR USERS
- 19. Listen to Your Users Usability Testing Early in creation process Methods Focus groups Observation Interviews Pre/post test Survey
- 20. Takeaway Making tutorials takes a lot of time and effort. Make sure yours are creating real learning moments.
- 21. Questions? mandi.goodsett@gsw.edu http://gsw.edu/library/library- tutorials/index#
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