Spoken Tutorials, a combination of screencast and voice over, are meant for self-learning of free and open source software (FOSS) systems. The pedagogy involved in creating spoken tutorials for LTEX is explained. A checklist, instructions for conductors and activity-based instructions for learners, along with the spoken tutorial are what is needed to conduct the two hour SELF FOSS Study Worksho...

I have worked as a teaching assistant for classes on concurrency, complexity theory, algorithms, soware engineering, and introductory computer science. A typical course involved giving a series of  one-hour tutorials, supervising laboratory exercises, marking, and holding regular office hours. My tutorials were popular and well aended, and I was routinely invited to return for subsequent it...

Developments in social software (RSS, podcasting, blogs, etc.), combined with instructional support tools such as online video tutorials and course management software, create new possibilities for both library instruction and outreach initiatives. Together, these tools can support an ongoing strategy of delivering the necessary information discovery techniques to the target audience at the tim...

This dissertation study examined a broad question of whether computer-based grammar tutorials are effective and welcome tools to review grammar for language learners by investigating effects of three different modes of such tutorials on learners’ knowledge and satisfaction. For this study, I developed experimental tutorials in three different modes (a static text with a voice-over narration, an...

As research-based, self-paced electronic learning tools become increasingly available, a critical issue educators encounter is implementing strategies to ensure that all students engage with them as intended. Here, we first discuss the effectiveness of electronic learning tutorials as self-paced learning tools in large enrollment brick and mortar introductory physics courses and then propose a ...

Tutorials are one of the most fundamental means of conveying knowledge. Ideally when the task involves physical or digital objects, tutorials not only describe each step with text or via audio narration but show it as well using photos or animation. In most cases, online tutorial authors capture media from handheld mobile devices to compose these documents, but increasingly they use wearable de...