Tutorials

Content and structure of a tutorial take the practical goals of the course into account and are geared towards – at least partly – occupationally relevant abilities and competencies. Tutorials also serve to help prepare for examinations by supplying questions to test one’s knowledge of what is required for the course.

How the tutorial is conducted can vary. Very often the tutor solves the problems on the blackboard or the students work on the problems on their own, and when needed, ask for help from the tutor if they are having trouble with the solution.

Examples:

• Latinum electronicum is an interactive Latin course that puts emphasis on educational and multimedia design. The lesson contents can be developed and practiced using flash animations, visualizations, and small games.

• The project Metabolism is an interactive complementary supplement to the in-class course that deepens one’s knowledge by using practice exercises. It emphasizes imparting knowledge in a broad educational manner stimulating different senses in that for the individual exercises, the respective pages of lecture notes are read out loud.

• The Suture Course offers in-depth knowledge of the basis surgical competencies taught in class. What is special about this course is that to learn practical skills, the students can either watch videos of experts operating or become acquainted with the skills by practicing ‘playfully’ themselves.

Tutorials are often given by upper class students to help younger students with solving practice exercises and problems.

Example:

• The ViT offers students a learning platform with which they may broaden and use their knowledge but also have the opportunity to receive feedback from tutors or other students in forums. The reason for the development of these online tutorials was the capacity overload of the course on empirical research methods.

Further information – especially for material for independent study for tutors – has been compiled by the University of Düsseldorf.

The categories Contents, Communication, and Organization offer different starting points for the implementation of digital media for tutorials. Choose an area for which you are interested in learning more about with respect to digital media support.