Tutorial 1 - complete
Completed the Human Participants Protection Education for Research Teams tutorial today. That took a bit longer than expected. :) I'm not sure where to post my completion certificate... not even sure how long that page lasts... so, I printed it (guess I could scan it an put it on my ARP page..heheheh) ... here is the link just in case I need it: http://69.5.4.33/cgi-bin/cms/cts-cert5.pl
Interesting - the most significant reflection I have at the moment is that I really don't like "online tutorials" that are comprised solely of reading text on a screen and answering multiple choice questions.
Although the material in this "tutorial" was very important and I learned a lot of facts, I wonder how long the retention would be if I hadn't taken copious notes. If the tutorial had included more interaction (such as simulations w/ a variable path dependant on the learner's responses), I think it would have been more valuable. I know the basic advantage is that anyone who needs to complete it can access it online at any time ("just in time training") but I don't think that's a good enough excuse for turning an online tutorial into an "electron text book and electronic quiz." There must be a better way. The site even allows you to print the course material (I guess so that you don't have to read it all off a CRT or what ever monitor you use) - nice but again this seems to me to defeat the real potential of online learning. As it is - it is an expedient way to provide the material to everyone who needs it (and who has online access) but it doesn't do much more than that. Plus, the limitations of the assessment provided are obvious (only multiple choice... not even multiple selection or short answer responses). I know it's a pet peeve of mine, but I hate to think of online learning as text on a screen and some multiple choice questions. Hmmmm... am I an eLearning snob? hmmmmmm.
Interesting - the most significant reflection I have at the moment is that I really don't like "online tutorials" that are comprised solely of reading text on a screen and answering multiple choice questions.
Although the material in this "tutorial" was very important and I learned a lot of facts, I wonder how long the retention would be if I hadn't taken copious notes. If the tutorial had included more interaction (such as simulations w/ a variable path dependant on the learner's responses), I think it would have been more valuable. I know the basic advantage is that anyone who needs to complete it can access it online at any time ("just in time training") but I don't think that's a good enough excuse for turning an online tutorial into an "electron text book and electronic quiz." There must be a better way. The site even allows you to print the course material (I guess so that you don't have to read it all off a CRT or what ever monitor you use) - nice but again this seems to me to defeat the real potential of online learning. As it is - it is an expedient way to provide the material to everyone who needs it (and who has online access) but it doesn't do much more than that. Plus, the limitations of the assessment provided are obvious (only multiple choice... not even multiple selection or short answer responses). I know it's a pet peeve of mine, but I hate to think of online learning as text on a screen and some multiple choice questions. Hmmmm... am I an eLearning snob? hmmmmmm.
posted by susan @ 6:50 PM
1 Comments:
At 12:47 PM,
Karen said…
Hey, Susan!
I had a similar reaction to the online ethics tutorial. It took me WAY longer than I had budgeted for it, too.
Overall, though, I guess for its goal it was an effective style/tutorial. Certainly not something we'd ever want to model, but, for the immediate purpose, it was effective.
KarenE
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