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Responding to User Experience in the Design of Interactive Tutorials

Responding to User Experience in the Design of Interactive Tutorials. Robert Vander Hart and Peg Spinner University of Massachusetts Medical School October Conference for New England Librarians Dartmouth College - October 25, 2001.

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Responding to User Experience in the Design of Interactive Tutorials

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  1. Responding to User Experience in the Design of Interactive Tutorials Robert Vander Hart and Peg Spinner University of Massachusetts Medical School October Conference for New England Librarians Dartmouth College - October 25, 2001

  2. Site aims to teach principles of evidence-based medicine (EBM) Collaborative project between the Lamar Soutter Library and the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UMMS Funded through the Medical School’s Innovations in Medical Education Grant (IMEG) program About the Web Site

  3. What is Evidence-Based Medicine? • EBM movement began in 1970s (1) • EBM integrates best research, clinical expertise, and patient concerns (2) • EBM emphasizes keeping up-to-date with the latest research findings

  4. Design Principles • Give clear goals for your tutorials • Know your audience • Realize that people generally scan, not read, text on the web (3) • Give users opportunity for review • Consider implications of linear versus non-linear presentation

  5. Define a clinical question Translate a clinical question into a searchable question Decide on the best type of study to address the question Perform a literature search Goals for Our Tutorials

  6. Medical students Second-year epidemiology class Third-year clerkship program Residents Family practice Internal medicine Pediatrics Faculty and community physicians Nursing students also show interest Our Audience

  7. Can be as simple or complex as you wish Simple: get five volunteers and observe them using your site(4) Complex: build a laboratory with one-way glass and video cameras Provides immediate and useful feedback in a “non-scientific” manner Ideally should be performed before a site is made public Usability Testing

  8. Simple Testing Procedures • Three separate testing series • 4-5 volunteers for each series • Observer form that included • Brief instructions read to the volunteer • Section to record demographic information • Sections for recording observations, start/stop times, volunteer’s comments and actions for each task • Open debriefing period if time permitted

  9. Results recorded on a spreadsheet Nature of our audience became apparent No time to spare No patience to peruse information Expect information to be presented concisely These characteristics require a design response Direct observations had greatest impact on our decisions to make revisions (more than surveys or evaluation forms) Test Results and Experiences

  10. Before. . .

  11. “Tightened up” wording of instructions Broke up instructions into separate, concise steps with bullets Bolded important words Changed font Provided in-depth help in separate links Included review section for those who skip Help Actions Taken

  12. After. . .

  13. Completed two tutorials Working on a third tutorial May include a PubMed (free MEDLINE) option for literature search section Interest expressed in parallel series of tutorials focusing on pediatrics All new projects will be subject to more usability testing Current Status

  14. References • Levin A. “The Cochrane Collaboration,” Ann Intern Med 2001; 135(4): 310. • Sackett DL et al. Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM. 2nd ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 2000, 1. • Nielsen J. “How Users Read on the Web,”http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html • Nielsen J. “Why You Only Need to Test With 5 Users,” http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000319.html

  15. For Further Information. . . Contact: Robert.VanderHart@umassmed.edu OR Peg.Spinner@umassmed.edu Web Site: http://library.umassmed.edu/EBM/tutorials

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