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Wahl, Diane; Avery, Beth; Henry, Lisa – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2013
University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries began studying the library needs of distance learners in 2009 using a variety of approaches to explore and confirm these needs as well as obtain input into how to meet them. Approaches used to date include analysis of both quantitative and qualitative responses by online students to the LibQUAL+[R] surveys…
Descriptors: Distance Education, College Libraries, Student Needs, Computer Uses in Education
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Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Paskevicius, Michael – Distance Education, 2012
Like many universities worldwide, the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa has joined the open educational resources (OER) movement, making a selection of teaching and learning materials available through its OER directory, UCT OpenContent. However, persuading and then supporting busy academics to share their teaching materials as OER…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Resources, Graduate Students, Student Role
Bass, Kristin M.; Puckett, Cassidy; Rockman, Saul – Educational Technology, 2008
Digital collections enable university students and faculty to share academic scholarship across their campuses and beyond. Based on interviews, the authors present cases of faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates to illustrate some factors that seem to determine why they do or do not use digital collections in their research, teaching, and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Information Technology, Electronic Libraries, Technology Uses in Education
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Smith, Alastair G. – Education for Information, 2004
This paper draws on experiences with teaching on online course in digital library issues. The course is offered as part of an MLIS programme. The paper explores student reactions to the online learning environment, which has been delivered using the commercial products WebCT and Blackboard. Student reactions to the use of synchronous and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Information Management, Electronic Libraries, Internet