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Modern tutorials mimic lectures by guiding users through a series of objec-
tives or tasks, usually allowing the user to do the work at his or her own pace
(Edwards & Drury, 2000). Tutorials generally stand alone as autonomous multi-
media that may use animation, text, graphics, sound, questions, and different
kinds of interactivity to engage and intrigue the user. They tend to promote active
learning by prompting the user to answer sets of questions, follow clickable hy-
pertext, or complete quizzes. For example, users might be asked to fill in work-
sheets after reviewing anatomy concepts, ...