A tutorial, in education, is a method of transferring knowledge and may be used as a part of a learning process. More interactive and specific than a book or a lecture, a tutorial seeks to teach by example and supply the information to complete a certain task.
Tutorials are often not optional because they give you an opportunity to delve deeper into concepts, and attendance may contribute to your participation mark
The tutorial system is a method of university education where the main teaching method is regular, very small group sessions. These are the core teaching sessions of a degree, and are supplemented by lectures, practical and larger group classes.
A tutorial can be taken in many forms, ranging from a set of instructions to complete a task to an interactive problem solving session (usually in academia).
In documentation and instructional design, tutorials are teaching-level documents that help the learner progress in skill and confidence. Tutorials can take the form of a screen recording (screencast), a written document (either online or downloadable), interactive tutorial, or an audio file, where a person will give step by step instructions on how to do something.
Advantages, Disadvantages and Considerations:
Advantages:
- Enables users to learn on demand and when they are motivated
- Tutorial can be done independent of time and geography
- User is able to stop for breaks and to repeat sections as needed
- Easier to briefly review or skip sessions if not a beginner
- Learning through written communication may be easier than learning through oral communication (e.g. English as a second language users)
- Less ongoing staff time is needed for instruction
- Experts can devise tutorial, even though they are located at a different institutions
Disadvantages:
- Not possible to ask questions of instructor or to learn from questions asked by others learning the same topic
- Density of presentation may be high because content must be self-contained
- Individuals must be motivated enough to complete tutorial
- Frequently takes novices longer to learn via tutorial than via classroom setting
Considerations:
- Tutorials are very labor-intensive to devise
- Hard to maintain especially if content in tutorial is changing rapidly
- Should tutorial include practice problems or a quiz?
- Using interactivity and examples to make tutorial more effective
- Choosing the right media: audio, video, web, email, combinations?
- Length of sessions—list total time needed, provide clear outline, and divide topics into modules
- What equipment and other types of infrastructure is needed to deliver tutorial?
- What level of user should you aim at?
- Lobby producers to create tutorials
- Use team to create tutorial
CMR college Tutorial classes:
In Our college We are conducting Tutorial classes
