Quantifying the effectiveness of interactive tutorials in medical library instruction

Med Ref Serv Q. 2009 Spring;28(1):10-21. doi: 10.1080/02763860802615815.

Abstract

The goal of this study was to determine whether a passive or an interactive tutorial design improves understanding of key concepts, as measured by pre- and post-test data. The authors also collected data regarding the participants' preference for taking an interactive versus a passive tutorial. The interactive tutorial group improved statistically significantly from pre-test to post-test for all three learning questions. While the passive tutorial group improved from pre-test to post-test on all three questions, the improvement was statistically significant for just two of the three questions. The majority of the participants preferred interactive tutorials (78%) to passive tutorials (22%).

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Assisted Instruction*
  • Humans
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  • Libraries, Medical*
  • Program Evaluation
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • User-Computer Interface*