Reflecting on Quiz Placement in Online Tutorials: Creating a More Active Learning Experience

Abstract

As the number of online library tutorials increases, so does the need to create active learning experiences and options for self-assessment. This article looks at embedding short Flash quizzes into tutorials created with Camtasia as a way to address this need. It also attempts to determine how quiz placement affects desire to view online tutorials and information retention.

KEYWORDS:

• Active learning
• online instruction
• quizzes
• self-assessment
• tutorials

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Notes on contributors

Amy Blevins

Amy Blevins, MALS ([email protected]) is the Clinical Education Librarian, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa, 600 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242-1098. She was previously the Education and Instructional Technologies Librarian, William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834.

Megan E. Besaw

Megan E. Besaw, MLIS ([email protected]) is the Liaison to the College of Allied Health Sciences and Liaison to the College of Health and Human Performance, William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834.