Web tutorials and scalable instruction: testing the waters

Abstract

In an effort to meet the challenge of providing students in a large general education course with effective library instruction, a pilot project of using a Web tutorial was tested. This article describes librarian collaboration with faculty in the development of a Web tutorial and supplementary course materials over the course of three semesters. The success of the original experiment convinced the teaching assistants and faculty member to incorporate the tutorial into the class syllabus. Unique to this Web tutorial is the continued involvement of the librarian in responding to each student. This successful instructional tool has been adapted for other courses, and can be a model for reaching large numbers of students.

Citation

Bracke, P.J. and Dickstein, R. (2002), "Web tutorials and scalable instruction: testing the waters", Reference Services Review, Vol. 30 No. 4, pp. 330-337. https://doi.org/10.1108/00907320210451321