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Explore the efficient asynchronous learning tutorials by UNC Greensboro Libraries, facilitating personalized learning experience anytime, anywhere. Engage with dynamic quizzes, diverse modules, and user-friendly interfaces to enhance student progress.
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Lighting the Path with Asynchronous Learning Tutorials Amy Harris Houk Beth Filar Williams Vanessa Apple Jenny Dale The University of North Carolina at Greensboro University Libraries
Pros • Reach all students at one time, one location • Read body language • Intervene immediately • Personal connection • Familiar style of teaching Cons • Everyone has to be there, same time, same place • Need to have physical location arranged • Not always convenient to students • May be difficult to go at own pace Synchronous Learning http://www.flickr.com/photos/78124518@N00/1397737955/
Pros Cons • Reach more people • Reach more variety of people • Student centered - time/place of their choosing • Users go at their own pace • Easy to gather data • Great for self-motivated learner • Student control of learning • Tech problems • Can be expensive (tech) to build • May need expertise to build • No immediate feedback • No direct intervention possible • Sense of disconnect • Relies on student motivation Asynchronous Learning http://www.flickr.com/photos/86657707@N00/2348649408/
Background • 2000: Creation of First Steps tutorial • 2005: Update for usability and ADA compliance, name changed to FIRST: Finding It! A Research Skills Tutorial • 2009: Began discussing updating tutorial again • 2010: PATH goes live http://www.flickr.com/photos/cobalt/409924867/
What can we tell from the numbers? • Total number of distinct visits: 30868 • A lot of visits for one semester • Percentage of users who logged in and completed all mini quizzes and the final quiz • 49%, or essentially 1 in 2 people • Ratio of video views to transcript views • 10 to 1 • Needed for accessibility and technical difficulty
Technologies Used & Alternatives Code Database • ASP.NET (server side code) • jQuery (client side code) • Architecture on MS SQL Server • T-SQL statements Alternate Options: Alternate Options: • PHP/Perl/Python • MooTools, Javascript • No code, just HTML • MySQL • MySQL SQL statements • None hardcoded, not dynamic
Database Use Modules • Allows dynamic quizzes • Allows tracking user progress Questions Users Answers
A Team Effort • Students, faculty, and staff at UNCG all contributed to PATH’s development http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/1384952210/
Future? • Printable certificate • Collecting data when not logged in • Shared question bank • Create paths by discipline