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Juarez, Damaris; Blackwood, Elizabeth – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
In spring 2020, the California State University System and its 23 campuses became the first in the United States to commit to a year of remote instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote instruction separated the system's librarians from their users, whose needs were especially great within the system's ethnically, economically, and…
Descriptors: Distance Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, State Universities
Croxton, Rebecca A. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2015
This study explores how factors relating to fully online Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) students' connectedness with peers and faculty may impact their professional identity development as library and information studies professionals. Participants include students enrolled in a fully online MLIS degree program in the…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Individual Development, Mixed Methods Research, Electronic Learning
Waters, Jim – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2012
The growth of online learning has exposed fundamental gaps in our knowledge, both theoretical and pragmatic. This research investigated some questions of the role of emergent leaders in online leaning and the influence of different behaviors. Firstly are there any common factors that identify thought-leaders? Secondly does the presence of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Preston, Hugh – Education for Information, 2005
This paper examines the postgraduate student body studying by distance learning within the Department of Information Studies at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. The demands of both students and employers have been the chief influences on the evolution of the specialist postgraduate programmes and also the later generalist and further…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Library Science, Foreign Countries, Specialists
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Thomas, V. K.; Ghosh, C. K. – Indian Journal of Open Learning, 1999
When the Master of Library and Information Sciences (MLISc) program at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) was offered at a distance, many questions were raised regarding its effectiveness. Outcomes are presented of a detailed case study of its impact on the first group of learners at the Calcutta Regional Center of IGNOU. (AEF)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Lithgow, Susan D.; Thomas, Clare; Taylor, Marianne – Education Libraries, 2000
Based on a process evaluation carried out at the University of Wales Aberystwyth (UWA) investigating the effectiveness of existing evaluation procedures for the BSc Econ in Information and Library Studies by distance learning. After discussing the research process, this article describes findings in relation to the perceived gaps in the evaluation…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Ruksasuk, Narumol – 1999
This paper discusses library and information science distance education in Thailand. Following an introduction, background information is provided on distance education, including reasons why many countries have found distance education to be a good way to disseminate education (i.e., geographical isolation, social isolation, and disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Science Education
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Bunn, Joanne – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2004
In a series of focus groups, past and present distance students of the Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, were interviewed to establish which factors they believed enabled them to persist with their program. Related issues, such as reasons for enrolling, expectations, and barriers to…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Focus Groups
Ghosh, S. B. – 2001
Open and distance learning is seen as a viable alternative to provide education for all, particularly in the context of developing countries. Open learning is basically a philosophy, while distance learning is a method of flexible education for the unreached, i.e., socially, economically, physically, and geographically disadvantaged groups of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged, Distance Education
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Minishi-Majanja, Mabel K.; Ocholla, Dennis N. – Education for Information, 2004
This study mapped and audited the types, nature and diffusion of ICTs in LIS education in sub-Saharan Africa. Questionnaires were sent to 51 LIS schools in 19 countries of sub-Saharan Africa, of which 29 (57%) were returned. Most LIS schools have a significant ICT content in their programs, and most ICT modules are highly rated as core/required…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Information Science Education, Research Tools, Audits (Verification)