Static vs. Dynamic Tutorials: Applying Usability Principles to Evaluate Online Point-of-Need Instruction.
This study had a two-fold purpose. One is to discover through the implementation of usability testing which mode of tutorial was more effective: screencasts containing audio/video directions (dynamic) or text-and-image tutorials (static). The other is to determine if online point-of-need tutorials w...
| Publicado en: | Information Technology & Libraries Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 30 - 55 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
American Library Association
Dec2015
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=112088357&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 112088357 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 07309295 ITL jtl: Information Technology & Libraries issn: 07309295 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2015 vid: 34 iid: 4 pid: 55 pub: American Library Association place: Chicago, Illinois artinfo: ui: 112088357 112088357 112088357 10.6017/ital.v34i4.5831 112088357 ppf: 30 ppct: 25 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Static vs. Dynamic Tutorials: Applying Usability Principles to Evaluate Online Point-of-Need Instruction. aug: au: Turner, Benjamin Fuchs, Caroline Todman, Anthony affil: Associate Professor and Instructional Librarian, St. Johns University Libraries, New York, New York sug: subj: Library User Education World Wide Web Teaching Materials Evaluation Motion Pictures Website Development Teaching Methods Human Task Performance and Analysis Summated Rating Scaling Time Factors Resource Databases ab: This study had a two-fold purpose. One is to discover through the implementation of usability testing which mode of tutorial was more effective: screencasts containing audio/video directions (dynamic) or text-and-image tutorials (static). The other is to determine if online point-of-need tutorials were effective in helping undergraduate students use library resources. To this end, the authors conducted two rounds of usability tests consisting of three groups each, in which participants were asked to complete a database-searching task after viewing a text-and-image tutorial, audio/video tutorial, or no tutorial. The authors found that web usability testing was a useful tutorial-testing tool while discovering that participants learned most effectively from text-and-image tutorials because both rounds of participants completed tasks more accurately and more quickly than those who received audio/video instruction or no instruction. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|