WIP: Identifying Tutorial Affordances for Interdisciplinary Learning Environments
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| author | Kim, Hannah Pond, Sergei L. Kosakovsky MacNeil, Stephen |
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| contents | This work-in-progress research paper explores the effectiveness of tutorials in interdisciplinary learning environments, specifically focusing on bioinformatics. Tutorials are typically designed for a single audience, but our study aims to uncover how they function in contexts where learners have diverse backgrounds. With the rise of interdisciplinary learning, the importance of learning materials that accommodate diverse learner needs has become evident. We chose bioinformatics as our context because it involves at least two distinct user groups: those with computational backgrounds and those with biological backgrounds. The goal of our research is to better understand current bioinformatics software tutorial designs and assess them in the conceptual framework of interdisciplinarity. We conducted a content analysis of 22 representative bioinformatics software tutorials to identify design patterns and understand their strengths and limitations. We found common codes in the representative tutorials and synthesized them into ten themes. Our assessment shows degrees to which current bioinformatics software tutorials fulfill interdisciplinarity. |
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| spellingShingle | WIP: Identifying Tutorial Affordances for Interdisciplinary Learning Environments Kim, Hannah Pond, Sergei L. Kosakovsky MacNeil, Stephen Computers and Society Human-Computer Interaction D.2.2; J.3; K.3.2 This work-in-progress research paper explores the effectiveness of tutorials in interdisciplinary learning environments, specifically focusing on bioinformatics. Tutorials are typically designed for a single audience, but our study aims to uncover how they function in contexts where learners have diverse backgrounds. With the rise of interdisciplinary learning, the importance of learning materials that accommodate diverse learner needs has become evident. We chose bioinformatics as our context because it involves at least two distinct user groups: those with computational backgrounds and those with biological backgrounds. The goal of our research is to better understand current bioinformatics software tutorial designs and assess them in the conceptual framework of interdisciplinarity. We conducted a content analysis of 22 representative bioinformatics software tutorials to identify design patterns and understand their strengths and limitations. We found common codes in the representative tutorials and synthesized them into ten themes. Our assessment shows degrees to which current bioinformatics software tutorials fulfill interdisciplinarity. |
| title | WIP: Identifying Tutorial Affordances for Interdisciplinary Learning Environments |
| topic | Computers and Society Human-Computer Interaction D.2.2; J.3; K.3.2 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.14576 |