Best practices for creating an online tutorial: A literature review

Journal of Web Librarianship

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-216

  Blummer, Barbara A ^a   Kritskaya, Olga ^b  

^a Center for Computing Sciences   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital learning objects; Library instruction; Literature review; Multimedia learning theories; Tutorials; User instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449678700     PISSN: 19322909     EISSN: 19322917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19322900903050799     Document Type: Article

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