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Direct linkGauld, Craig; Whatley, Patricia – Education for Information, 2017
The expansion of distance learning and an understanding of the benefits it can offer to both the university and the individual has led to the growth of methodologies, pedagogies and models aimed at diversifying and maximising the student experience and increasing student numbers. This paper will address these issues in relation to the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Information Science Education
Download full textAversa, Elizabeth; MacCall, Steven – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2013
This paper is a case study of a Master of Library and Information Studies degree program online option that has been unusually successful in retaining and graduating students. Design characteristics of this program that has maintained a retention rate of over 90 percent over five years are described and mapped to the literature on distance…
Descriptors: Profiles, Academic Persistence, Synchronous Communication, Online Courses
Mon, Lorri – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2010
Many of today's colleges and universities are venturing into online education, with distance education enrollments in the United States having increased from 1.6 million students in 1998 to over 3.9 million in 2007. However, concerns over student frustrations and high attrition rates in online learning have led many educators to research and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Graduate Students, Ceremonies, Distance Education
Searing, Susan E. – Public Services Quarterly, 2007
Information literacy instruction is integrated into the distance education program in library and information science (LEEP) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). This article describes the LEEP program and the library services provided to its students. Published research on LEEP and related topics in librarianship is reviewed.…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Distance Education, Information Literacy, Learning Experience
Tabor, Sharon W. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2007
Distance education has become an expectation with students who have grown up with technology as well as nontraditional and working students. Most universities now offer a wide range of online courses and degree programs to meet these needs. Online delivery of technology courses, however, has been problematic when the course includes very complex…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Computer Security, Information Science Education
Jackson, Miles M. – 1992
This survey was conducted in 1992 to determine the state of affairs in preparing professionals to work in the library and information services (LIS) field. The paper examines programs in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Guam, and Hawaii. Information is given about the nature and length of college or university level degree programs and the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Distance Education, Enrollment, Faculty
Stanton, Wilbur W.; Templeton, Dennie E.; Chase, Joe D.; Rose, Melinda; Eaton, Carlotta – Inquiry, 2005
The authors discuss the joining of 12 Virginia community colleges from the Appalachian region of southwestern Virginia with Radford University to form the Regional Technology Education Consortium (RTEC), a three-year project funded by the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education program and designed to develop articulation…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Distance Education, Articulation (Education), Information Science Education
