Build It, Share It, Borrow it:
Breaking Down the Barriers to Tutorial
Creation
Anne-Marie Deitering
Hannah Gascho Rempel
Oregon State University Libraries
WILU 2011, University of Regina
Our story
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CMS as a solution
Benefits
New questions
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“I have been looking at tutorials as a
possible research topic for some time
and cannot even find a clear definition
of what a tutorial is. Just know it when
you see it I guess.”
Think about a time…
1.You needed an
answer
1.You got it online
1.Describe it briefly
on your notecard
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Software barriers (1 is high; 3 is low)
120
100
Number of Responses
80
1
60
2
40
20
0
Time
Expertise
Cost
Support barriers (1 is high; 3 is low)
140
Number of Responses
120
100
80
1
2
3
60
40
20
0
Time
Not in charge of the web
page
Lack of support from
colleagues
What is needed to develop more tutorials? (1 is high; 3 is low)
140
120
Number of Responses
100
80
1
2
3
60
40
20
0
Time
Training
Evidence they'd be
used
Software
Support
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purpose
roles
context
pedagogy
rules
dialogue
coherence
(Littlejohn & Margaryan, 2006)
Creating a
tutorial
Focus on
workflow
Activity
Questions?