Tools

create a system to track all of them

Veldof (2008) recommends that librarians identify “fail points,” or places where patrons get stuck in the research process and integrate learning objects in those places

however, purely decorative and irrelevant visuals should be avoided

learning is a process; individuals must actively attend to and make sense of information in order to learn. Tutorials allow us to combine multimedia, interactive practice elements, and feedback can be combined in ways that support deep, meaningful learning.

In keeping with the Segmenting Principle, each video should focus on a single concept or skill.

Clossen (2014, p. 34) recommends that videos be less than two minutes in length, while Bowles-Terry et al. (2010) found that patrons preferred videos as short as 30 seconds to one minute. In addition to meeting user preferences for quick access to information, shorter videos benefit learners with concentration and cognitive-load issues (Clossen & Proces, 2017). As we script our videos, we should minimize introductory information and ruthlessly edit nonessential information.

books

two ways to borrow materials