A comparison of paper-based and video tutorials for software learning

Meij, Hans van der; Meij, Jan van der

doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2014.06.003

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“…Presenting tasks that are challenging but manageable should support the participants' belief in their capacities in handling formatting tasks in the future (e.g., Clark 2015;Keller 2010). The relevance of the formatting options was conveyed by domain-anchoring, an important design principle in the minimalist approach to software documentation (van der Meij and Carroll 1998). The demonstration videos showed how the successful completion of formatting tasks improved the presentation qualities of a school report.…”

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“…One of the key principles of the minimalist approach to software training is that users should be given tasks that can instantly be recognized as genuine and valuable (van der Meij and Carroll 1998). Users are not motivated by tasks that merely teach them how to use the tools provided by the software, but they can probably be motivated by tasks that, to the greatest extent possible, are core tasks for which they might want to use the software in daily life.…”

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“…To facilitate task effort during training, special practice files were constructed that minimized the need for task-irrelevant actions, such as typing text. In addition, these files included a minimum of distracting features (see van der Meij and Carroll 1998). Practice files also standardized practice; they made task completion efforts comparable across conditions.…”

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Demonstration-based training (DBT) in the design of a video tutorial for software training

Meij

2016

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This study investigates the design and effectiveness of a video tutorial for software training. In accordance with demonstration-based training, the tutorial consisted of a series of task demonstrations, with instructional features added to enhance learning. An experiment is reported in which a demonstration-only control condition was compared with a demonstration-with-review condition. The review videos provided a recap to support retention of the procedure. Strict viewing conditions were imposed during training. Both learning and motivation were assessed. Participants were 55 students from primary and secondary schools in Germany. The outcomes showed that both tutorials significantly contributed to development of procedural knowledge and to motivation, and that the review tutorial surpassed the control. The discussion addresses the role of user control. In addition, with the effectiveness of reviews apparently becoming better established, the need arises for measures that can reveal the effects of reviews on observational learning processes.

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2016

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“…On the one hand, a study by Mestre [21] indicated that learners favored a static text tutorial over video tutorials. On the other hand, several studies showed that learners prefer video tutorials over text tutorials [5,28,19]. On top of that, a study by Palmiter [23] came to the conclusion that both text tutorials and video tutorials have their specific benefits.…”

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What is the best way for developers to learn new software tools? A small empirical comparison between a text and a video tutorial

Käfer

Kulesz

Wagner

2016

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The better developers can learn software tools, the faster they can start actually using them and the more efficiently they can later work with them. Tutorials are supposed to help here. While in the early days of computing, mostly text tutorials were available, nowadays software developers can choose among a huge number of tutorials for almost any popular software tool. However, only little research was conducted to understand how text tutorials differ from other tutorials, which tutorial types are preferred and, especially, which tutorial types yield the best learning experience in terms of efficiency and effectiveness, especially for programmers.To evaluate these questions, we converted a "proven" video tutorial for a novel software tool into a content-equivalent text tutorial. We then conducted an experiment in three groups where 42 undergraduate students from a software engineering course were commissioned to operate the software tool after using a tutorial: the first group was provided only with the video tutorial, the second group only with the text tutorial and the third group with both. Surprisingly, the differences in terms of efficiency are almost negligible: we could observe that participants using only the text tutorial completed the tutorial faster than the participants with the video tutorial. However, the participants using only the video tutorial applied the learned content faster, achieving roughly the same bottom line performance. We also found that if both tutorial types are offered, participants prefer video tutorials for learning new content but text tutorials for looking up "missed" information.We mainly gathered our data through questionnaires and screen recordings and analyzed it using t-tests or Wilcoxon signed-rank tests for finding significant differences and a Shapiro-Wilk test to see if a group follows a normal distribution. The data is available at [14].Since producing tutorials requires effort, knowing with which type of tutorial learnability can be increased to which extent has an immense practical relevance. We conclude that while it would be ideal if software tool makers would offer both tutorial types, it is more efficient to produce only text tutorials -provided you manage to motivate your learners to use them.

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“…in order to produce and allow access to educational content anywhere and at any time (DIAS et al, 2014;GROMIK, 2012;RATHS, 2014; VAN DER MEIJ; VAN DER MEIJ, 2014). This production of educational content through videos can boost the expansion of knowledge and enable multiple articulations in the educational field (SILVA; OLIVEIRA, 2010, p.1).…”

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Learning based on library automation in mobile devices: The video production by students of Universidade Federal do Cariri Library Science Undergraduate Degree

Vieira

2017

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The video production for learning has been evident over the last few years especially when it involves aspects of the application of hardware and software for automation spaces. In Librarianship Undergraduate Degrees the need for practical learning focused on the knowledge of the requirements for library automation demand on teacher to develop an educational content to enable the student to learn through videos in order to increase the knowledge about information technology. Thus, discusses the possibilities of learning through mobile devices in education reporting an experience that took place with students who entered in March, 2015 (2015.1) Bachelor Degree in Library Science from the Universidade Federal do Cariri (Federal University of Cariri) in state of Ceará, Brazil. The literature review includes articles publicated in scientific journals and conference proceedings and books in English, Portuguese and Spanish on the subject. The methodology with quantitative and qualitative approach includes an exploratory study, where the data collection was used online survey to find out the experience of the elaboration of library automation videos by students who studied in that course. The learning experience using mobile devices for recording of technological environments of libraries allowed them to be produced 25 videos that contemplated aspects of library automation having these actively participated in production of the video and its publication on the Internet.

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A comparison of paper-based and video tutorials for software learning

Cited by 90 publications

References 29 publications

Demonstration-based training (DBT) in the design of a video tutorial for software training

Demonstration-based training (DBT) in the design of a video tutorial for software training

What is the best way for developers to learn new software tools? A small empirical comparison between a text and a video tutorial

Learning based on library automation in mobile devices: The video production by students of Universidade Federal do Cariri Library Science Undergraduate Degree

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