e-Learning from ACRL
ACRL offers a number of online learning opportunities to meet the demands of your schedule and budget. If you have a question about an e-Learning opportunity, contact Margot Conahan, mconahan@ala.org.
New! ACRL announces e-Learning scholarships.
New! ACRL announces Frequent Learner Program details.
Note to CACUL members: ACRL is now offering its nonmember rates to CACUL members in Canadian dollars (the rates are stated in Canadian dollars but charges will be made in US dollar equivalents). The discount does not apply to opportunities where ACRL is partnering with another organization to offer e-learning.
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Registration for all ACRL e-Learning opens approximately one month prior to seminar/Webcast start dates.
Online Seminars (multi-week, delivered through Moodle)
Implementing Online Teaching and Learning: Using Moodle and Other Web 2.0 Features (Nov 9 - Dec 5, 2009)
In this four week hands-on course we will overview of the state-of-the-art of online teaching and learning technology and its applications. We will review the use of teaching materials created with multi-media plug-ins and classroom communications tools and specifically the Moodle LMS. This course requires a significant amount of hands-on learning-activities , project work, and readings. This work will result in a completed instructional unit e.g., short course/workshop/tutorial implemented on the teachers Moodle LMS or on an LMS or simple Web site of students' choice.Electronic Collection Development for the Academic E-Library (Nov 9 - Dec 5, 2009)
In this hands-on course you will learn to create an academic e-library collection development plan for free and fee-based Web-accessible resources for a patron community of your choice. Students will focus on developing a collection plan for one library patron group of their choice. Patron groups may include: faculty, students, researchers, general public, subject specialists, etc. This collection plan will be developed in five parts. Each part includes lecture, discussion and hands-on activities that will step participants through creating or assessing a collection plan for developing a e-library collection.Designing Usable and Accessible Web Pages: Needs Analysis, Design Planning, XHTML and CSS Standards, Accessibility Validation, and Usability Testing (beginners) (January 25 - February 10, 2010)
This hands-on course focuses on the basics of Web site planning, design and content development. The course will also examine Web standards, usability, and accessibility. XHTML and CSS (external) will be introduced. The course begins with XHTML/HTML basics tutorials and a practice activity to make sure everyone has the basic skills. Students will plan and design a representative site during the course.Copyright and the Library Part 2: Library, Classroom and Other Issues Including the DMCA (Sections 512 and 1201) (February 1-19, 2010)
In this course, students will continue to learn to think in terms of U.S. copyright law. In this course, students will focus on issues pertaining to Libraries with a special focus on how copyright pertains to the classroom setting. Sections 108, 109, 110, 512 and 1201 will be examined for a thorough understandin on their impact in academic libraries.Virtual Reference Competencies: Technical, Communications, and Reference Skills and Knowledge (February 15 - March 26, 2010)
In "Virtual Reference Competencies: Acquire and Improve Technical Skills and Knowledge," participants will engage in learning activities, supported by readings as well as lecture and discussion to acquire and improve the technical competencies required by effective virtual reference librarians.Instructional Design for Online Teaching and Learning (March 29 - April 23, 2010)
In this four week hands-on course the intellectual focus will be on using good instructional design and Web page design principles. Participants will also be introduced to Web-based Teaching techniques and materials using standard Web pages and the Moodle LMS.Implementing Online Teaching and Learning: Using Moodle and Other Web 2.0 Features (May 3-28, 2010)
In this four week hands-on course we will overview of the state-of-the-art of online teaching and learning technology and its applications. We will review the use of teaching materials created with multi-media plug-ins and classroom communications tools and specifically the Moodle LMS.
Live Webcasts (one to two hours, delivered through online classroom)
Webcasts take place in an interactive, online classroom environment with one user/one login. If you select the group rate, one person must register, login, and keyboard during the event. A group registration allows an institution to project the Webcast to participants in the same location.
Blended Librarianship: Learning Management Systems for Libraries (November 17, 2009)
This webcast will explore the various methods that libraries can employ to further integrate their services and information literacy programs into Course/Learning Management Systems(e.g. Blackboard, ANGEL, eCollege). This integration is crucial because students and faculty are increasingly using these systems as a primary means to deliver course content. It is vital that the library be fully integrated into this environment to take advantage of the resources sharing, communication, and assessment tools that these systems offer. Using Blended Librarian principles, the webcast will also explore and examine current ‘case studies’ that demonstrate how to appropriately identify and design library services for a Course/Learning Management System environment both at a course-level and a system-level.Cyber Zed Shed 1: Facebook, Twitter, Sprout (February 9, 2010)
Cyber Zed Shed Webcast presentations, similar to their in-person National Conference versions, are 20 minutes in length each, including 5-10 minutes for participant questions and answers. In our first online series of the Cyber Zed Shed webcasts, we will be presenting three topics: Facebook, Twitter, and Sprout. Learn how other libraries and librarians are using these technologies in their own libraries and how to apply these technologies in your library!Text Messaging Reference: Enhancing Reference Services with SMS (February 23, 2010)
This session introduces and covers the emerging field of SMS reference, shares practical tips and best practices, and the management, technology, and assessment considerations for this cutting edge service. Learn how to choose the best technology for SMS reference at their institution, what the advanced managerial considerations are, and what is on the horizon for mobile reference services utilizing SMS.
ACRL/TLT Group Online Information Literacy Seminar Series
ACRL and TLT Group have partnered to offer a multipart seminar series on information literacy. Seminars consist of multiple live Webcasts coupled with online readings.
Information Literacy Across the Curriculum
co-sponsored by ACRLWednesdays, November 4, 11, 18, 2009 　
1:00 - 2:00 pm EasternJill Gremmels, Director, Davidson College Library
Leslie Warren, IL Librarian/Public Services, Moraine Valley CC
Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Head Undergrad Librarian and Coordinator for IL Services and Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michelle Millet, IL Librarian, Trinity University, TXAs part of implementing an information literacy program, many librarians and faculty face the daunting task of integrating IL skills across an entire curriculum. Undertaking this task is time consuming and demands the patience and support of a number of campus constituents. But when complete, it offers more vision and greater curricular integration than most realize. The process can be made easier　because the Information Literacy Standards for Higher Education provide a highly flexible blueprint for strategic planning.
This workshop offers first hand accounts about how to integrate IL competencies systematically throughout a general education or major curriculum. Programs highlighted will include a large state university, a liberal arts college and a community college.
Each week synchronous Webcasts featuring a different set of practitioners will present and discuss the methods needed to grow a holistic information literacy program. The "how-to" focus offers participants, regardless of the stage of their IL program the tools, resources and action plans needed to expand the IL concept, tie it to curriculum and demonstrate its educational significance.
All of the TLT Group’s online offerings include use of "low threshold" tools, examination of controversial issues, options for participants with a range of experience, and suggestions for assessment as you integrate what you’ve learned into your repertoire.
Participants for this workshop should sign-in 15 minutes early for tech instructions and to meet others in the group; they also have the option of remaining online for a half-hour follow-up discussion immediately after the workshop.
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REGISTER HERE for workshops and/or Individual Membership and FridayLive!
All of The TLT Group's online offerings always include use of "low threshold" tools, examination of controversial issues, options for participants with a range of experience, and suggestions for assessment as you integrate what you've learned into your repertoire.Be sure to visit the TLT Group's schedule calendar to view a full list of offerings.