This work-in-progress research paper explores the effectiveness of tutorials in interdisciplinary learning environments, specifically focusing on bioinformatics. Tutorials are typically designed for a single audience, but our study aims to uncover how they function in contexts where learners have diverse backgrounds. With the rise of interdisciplinary learning, the importance of learning materials that accommodate diverse learner needs has become evident. We chose bioinformatics as our context because it involves at least two distinct user groups: those with computational backgrounds and those with biological backgrounds. The goal of our research is to better understand current bioinformatics software tutorial designs and assess them in the conceptual framework of interdisciplinarity. We conducted a content analysis of 22 representative bioinformatics software tutorials to identify design patterns and understand their strengths and limitations. We found common codes in the representative tutorials and synthesized them into ten themes. Our assessment shows degrees to which current bioinformatics software tutorials fulfill interdisciplinarity.

翻译：本项进行中的研究论文探讨了跨学科学习环境中教程的有效性，特别聚焦于生物信息学领域。教程通常为单一受众设计，但本研究旨在揭示其在学习者背景多元化的情境中如何发挥作用。随着跨学科学习的兴起，适应多样化学习者需求的学习材料的重要性日益凸显。我们选择生物信息学作为研究背景，因其至少涉及两个不同的用户群体：具有计算背景的学习者和具有生物学背景的学习者。本研究的目标是更好地理解当前生物信息学软件教程的设计，并在跨学科性的概念框架下对其进行评估。我们对22个具有代表性的生物信息学软件教程进行了内容分析，以识别设计模式并理解其优势与局限。我们在代表性教程中发现了共同的编码模式，并将其归纳为十个主题。评估结果表明了当前生物信息学软件教程实现跨学科性的程度。