Week 10 - Distance Education, Digital Reference, and e-Learning - Karen Huffman

Topic/Focus: Training, e-Learning, and Distance Education

Distance education, iSchools
Digital, or virtual, reference
eLearning tools used, implemented within libraries
Training and marketing models (staff, users), include 23 Things model
Equipment requirements
Automated registration systems
Libraries without walls
Web and teleconferencing including advantages (reduced costs, greening, reduced travel, global outreach), disadvantages (connection issues, disconnected during seminars) of these technologies.
Keeping users informed, impact to users
Expertise, keeping skills current

Eileen Abels, Ph.D., Master's Program Director and Associate Professor, The iSchool at Drexel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Meredith Farkas (tentative), Head of Instructional Initiatives, Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont

Orey, Michael, editor (2008). Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching, and Technology. URL: http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/ (accessed 7/26/2008).
Schooley, Claire (May 2008). How to Create a Comprehensive High-Impact Learning Strategy. Cambridge, MA: Forrester. (Handout in class.)
Sclater, Niall (June 2008). "Web 2.0, Personal Learning Environments, and the Future of Learning Management Systems," Research Bulletin, Issue 13. Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research. URL: http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ECAR/Web20PersonalLearningEnvi/46952. (Handout in class.)
U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement: Evaluating Online Learning: Challenges and Strategies for Success (July 2008). URL: http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/academic/evalonline/index.html (accessed 7/25/2008). (Additional note: This is an 80-page PDF; recommend downloading to desktop to access.)

deWinter, Jennifer and Vie, Stephanie (July 2008). "Press Enter to 'Say': Using Second Life to Teach Critical Media Literacy," ScienceDirect. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2008.04.003 (accessed 7/25/2008). (Handout in class.)