This presentation was part of the OCLS conference- Cleveland Ohio April 29, 2010. It describes studies done to evaluate the effectiveness of learning objects for diverse populations.

1. Matching Up Learning Styles with Learning Objects: What's Effective? Lori Mestre lmestre@illinois.edu Fourteenth Off Campus Library Services Conference April 29, 2010

2. What’sYour Learning Style? Visual? Verbal/Auditory? Read Write? Kinesthetic?

3. From Recent Class of Students

5. Instructional Practices

6. Information Processing

7. Social Interaction Tendencies

9. Or more by concept, color….?

10. Overview of Presentation

11. Discussion of Learning Objects What are Some Learning Objects You Use?

12. Discussion of Learning Objects Videos Images Polls Tutorials Games Podcasts

13. Study Overview

14. Summary of Results- Study 1

15. Features Used to Facilitate Instruction

16. What Training Have you Had Related to Pedagogy in Online Learning?

17. Study 2

18. Options for Learning through Multiple Modalities

19. Do you plan your objects so that a user can pick and choose what to do next?

20. Simulations or Interactive Features for Tactile Learners?

21. Learning Style Background

23. Index of Learning Style Inventory

24. http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html (NC State)

25. Vark Questionnaire (How do I Learn Best)

26. http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaire

27. Went through two to three tutorials

28. a web page static tutorial to learn how to get to and use ERIC

31. Learning Styles Using Vark Assessment Hispanic and Asian Americans

33. Preference for Under 18 Years Preference 55+ Age Summary from the Vark Database About Learning Styles.

34. Using NCSU Learning Style Assessment

37. Visual Learner Verbal Learner

38. Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology Sequential Learner Global Learner

39. Usability Interviews by Students

40. Student Results- Ability to Recreate Steps

41. Tutorial with Text Based

42. Static Tutorial Results Scrolled up and down the page to see all the sections and what was required Viewed images (rarely read the text) Opened a new window to practice while they viewed the web page Went back to web page for information Most successful in finding information after this.

43. Camtasia Version UIUC Tutorials http://www.library.illinois.edu/diglit/tutorial/index.html

44. Camtasia Results Watched without practicing Couldn’t recreate process Didn’t attempt to go back for assistance Only two students were successful in the post test (graduate Asian students)

45. Recommended Features Pop-ups to highlight important information Sections (chapter markings) Questions to engage the mind Interactivity, have students do something Prefer the static web page to a video tutorial- more efficient– include other multimedia as options within the web page.

47. All but one preferred the step-by-step process.

49. What Do Students Want?

50. Mismatch

51. Examples of Engaging Tutorials

52. Humor and Interactivity You quote it, you note it: http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/

53. Choices and Paths Relevance

54. Interactivity Tactile, Reading

55. Interactivity/Assessment http://support.library.ewu.edu/reference/tutorial/flash/citation.html

56. Interactivity and Assessments Read, Reflect and Respond

57. Interactivity - they have to do something

58. Review

59. Suggestions

61. Net Generation

63. Resources Used in Presentation Index of Learning Style Inventory http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html (NC State) http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSdir/styles.htm Vark Questionnaire (How do I Learn Best) http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaire Helpsheets for Study Practices based on Preferences: http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=helpsheets Keys to Effective Learning http://blog.iqmatrix.com/mind-map/accelerated-learning-mind-map Felder Richard M. and Barbara A. Soloman. “Learning Styles and Strategies.” North Carolina State University, 2009. June 1, 2009. <http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSdir/styles.htm>. Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology. Learning Styles http://learningcommons.acadiau.ca/resources/workshops/learningstyles.ppt Tutorial Examples Used: You quote it, you note it: http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/ Rutgers: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~estec/tutorials/scholarly.htm Eastern Washington University: APA Citation Style Tutorial http://support.library.ewu.edu/reference/tutorial/flash/citation.html UIUC- Digital Literacy http://www.library.illinois.edu/diglit/ For lots of resources for creating or finding learning objects see: http://uiuc.libguides.com/learningobjects

64. Lori Mestre lmestre@illinois.edu Made possible by a grant from the Research and Publications Committee of the University of Illinois