[Web4lib] Request for Comments on RSS Tutorial

[Grace J. Agnew]

John,

The tutorial is great--very clean, smooth and presenting information 
from the point of view of users with a range of information literacy 
skills.  The quiz needs a bit of work.  The last question said that it 
was multiple choice, but didn't let me select multiple choices.  "Review 
the quiz" also didn't move past the first question.  I also just think 
the quiz needs to focus on user POV--questions like "you can use an RSS 
feed to do X ... (T/F)"   rather than "test your memory" questions.  I 
find frequently with tutorials, the tutorial itself is really 
user-focused, but the interactive quiz section falls back on simple 
recall testing rather than being used to reinforce how the information 
skill or technology would benefit the user's workflow. Your quiz is a 
mix of both, but really it should focus on reinforcing how the user will 
make use of RSS, particularly since it is the only interactive piece 
(other than paging through the components) and thus your only chance to 
reinforce the lesson through user learning by engagement.

Anyway, great job, right up until the quiz!

Grace Agnew
Rutgers University Libraries

John Iliff wrote:

> Here at PALINET we are experimenting with using Flash for providing 
> instruction as well as developing training in using RSS and other 
> Internet feed technology. We would very much appreciate the input of 
> the web4lib community on this pilot offering (linked below). All 
> comments are appreciated, and our skin is not thin, so have at it (but 
> to keep traffic here low, please send comments directly to me and I 
> will summarize).
>
>     See:  http://www.palinet.org/rss/toti/tsstutorial.htm
>
>     Thanks-  John Iliff in Philadelphia (where they invented the U.S.A.)
>

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